When do the ends justify the means?

[Athene]

Personally, I would torture the shit out of someone whom I knew was involved in the disappearance of a missing child and had knowledge of the their whereabouts. Moral? Maybe not....wouldn't even be my concern. Upholding my sense of morality wouldn't be the objective. The goal would be to get it done...and find the kid. People that abduct and rape children forfeit any and all moral consideration in my opinion.

I understand the sentiment, but the fact is that people who abduct and rape children also kill them.

"Their whereabouts" in those sorts of cases is the crawlspace under the house. What has torture gotten you?

I'm against torture for any reason, any time, any person. If you've ever been abused, you'll understand why I say this.

I'm against torture as well. 

I was just answering a hypothetical scenario in which an innocent child who was known to be alive and could still be found, as honestly as possible. I would do what it takes to find them, if  I knew with absolute certainty who the person responsible for taking them was  AND they were not forthcoming. 

I know that torture is wrong, but I can't say that it's not something I wouldn't consider under those very specific circumstances as a matter of survival. As I said, I'm just being honest.