The ‘ticking bomb hypothesis’. Suppose that you know that - TopicsExpress



          

The ‘ticking bomb hypothesis’. Suppose that you know that terrorists have planted a bomb, with a timer, in a place where it will kill many innocent people. You have captured one of the terrorists, but they will not tell you where the bomb is. You have little time, and it seems that you could torture the suspect to force them to tell you where the bomb is, so that you could defuse it. Under these circumstances is it morally justifiable and permissible to torture the terrorist, in order to save many innocent lives?
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 06:47:29 +0000

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