This hypothetical scenario is an attempt to gauge one's moral position on torture. It is not meant to elicit idiotic references to the television show 24. That a hypothetical is unlikely to occur is irrelevant - they are intended to subject our moral suppositions to scrutiny by forcing us to make a choice. Having said that, please answer the question with a YES or NO answer followed by an explanation.
If you had to brutally torture a person in order to save the lives of your family, would you do it?
The hypothetical assumes said person is a murderous thug who is directly responsible for endangering your family.
Answer: Yes.
Explanation: Because I hold the lives of my family in a higher regard than murderous thugs.
Would you kill your daughter, shoot her in the face, to save 30 other lives?
That, I would do in -two- heartbeats.Nope. I would, however, kill those 30 to save my daughter.
So what would you do? Nothing? Ask them politely? Whats your solution?
Let's say they're children. Are you so much more important than the parents of those 30 children?Nope. I would, however, kill those 30 to save my daughter.
Let's say they're children. Are you so much more important than the parents of those 30 children?
That, I would do in -two- heartbeats.
What if 16 of those 30 are people in the line of succession to be POTUS?
This hypothetical scenario is an attempt to gauge one's moral position on torture. It is not meant to elicit idiotic references to the television show 24. That a hypothetical is unlikely to occur is irrelevant - they are intended to subject our moral suppositions to scrutiny by forcing us to make a choice. Having said that, please answer the question with a YES or NO answer followed by an explanation.
If you had to brutally torture a person in order to save the lives of your family, would you do it?
The hypothetical assumes said person is a murderous thug who is directly responsible for endangering your family.
Answer: Yes.
Explanation: Because I hold the lives of my family in a higher regard than murderous thugs.
To me? Yes.Let's say they're children. Are you so much more important than the parents of those 30 children?
What if 16 of those 30 are people in the line of succession to be POTUS?
That might take three hearbeats, as some of them might need 2 shots.
You know, just to be sure.
No.
I would not torture for no reason.
But FOR a reason, would you?:2razz:
No, no reason
I was just teasing you for the double negative. Crippler will probably give me another Grammar Nazi award.:2wave:
When policemen are looking for criminals, they don't kidnap one of their parent and start removing his skin. Instead they use other methods to gather informations: observation, mail interception/phone recording, covert agents...these methods are both more reliable and ethic
Give me liberty or give me death, kind of explains it don't you think? If you sacrifice your morals then what do you have left? You've now become what you despise, shouldn't someone torture you next?
if we allow our morals to totally dictate our actions, we are about as safe as sheep in wolf country...
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