Exploding the Myth of the Ticking Time Bomb
As part of his continuing On Torture series, Arthur Silber provides the definitive takedown of the morally repugnant "ticking time bomb" justification for legalizing torture.
posted by Luke at 10/24/2006 09:27:00 PM
1 Comments:
Thanks for the thoughts.
I think the TTB scenario ITSELF is intellectually dishonest, so I generally refuse to argue on its artificial premises. I prefer to point out how useless and unrealistic the hypothetical is, and pose a more realistic hypothetical where knowledge about every key fact is imperfect.
Best of luck with your new blog!
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