I'll admit, you've got me. I don't know where I would draw the line, but in the case of Qeada/ISIS, they are well across my personal fuzzy gray line.
I would also like to turn the question around though: If torture could prevent the mass killing of innocent civilians, do you see any justification in it?
Again, that to me is the crux also. If it is not effective than there is no justification. If it is, which the CIA claims it was, then I have no ethical problem with it in this limited situation
> What is different about the 9/11 attacks that legitimizes the use of torture, when you would not support it against soldiers or other criminals? They had demonstrated the practice of mass killings of innocent…
* I would never support the use of these techniques against soldiers of a legitimate state or other criminal actors. * The perpetrators of the 9-11 attacks to me represent a completely different sort of threat than has…
I'll admit, you've got me. I don't know where I would draw the line, but in the case of Qeada/ISIS, they are well across my personal fuzzy gray line.
I would also like to turn the question around though: If torture could prevent the mass killing of innocent civilians, do you see any justification in it?
Again, that to me is the crux also. If it is not effective than there is no justification. If it is, which the CIA claims it was, then I have no ethical problem with it in this limited situation
> What is different about the 9/11 attacks that legitimizes the use of torture, when you would not support it against soldiers or other criminals? They had demonstrated the practice of mass killings of innocent…
* I would never support the use of these techniques against soldiers of a legitimate state or other criminal actors. * The perpetrators of the 9-11 attacks to me represent a completely different sort of threat than has…