“Torture is justified when it could save innocent lives”
Agree
- Ticking bomb scenarios are real
- Protecting innocents outweighs terrorist rights
- Leaders must do whatever works
- Morality is situational in extremes
- Squeamishness costs lives
Disagree
- It's ineffective and produces false confessions
- Moral lines, once crossed, keep moving
- Torture corrupts those who practice it
- Human rights must be absolute
- Opens door to authoritarian abuse
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