(September 13, 2015 at 11:49 pm)Thena323 Wrote: 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.
Well, that's a very specific hypothetical, and perhaps designed to elicit a particular answer? I mean: how could you know the child is alive if you have his captor in your power? If your prisoner was only a henchman, how can your guarantee that his information is up-to-date? What if his cohorts move the child while you're bashing his face in?
No, torture doesn't admit those possibilities. It should be abjured.
