Law-makers breaking the law: torture as a justified interrogation technique?
testify in criminal court, which stalled the case and led to the sentence to be overturned
because of a lack of evidence against who was commonly believed to be an actual
terrorist.
Disproportionate reasoning
Joshua Dratel points to the fact that the life-saving argument of consequentialism can be
applied to all situations. Criminals or drugdealers aren't tortured either, although that
could as well provide information that could save lives. Deontologists state that a
morally evil act will remain morally evil, whether the consequences are positive or
negative. Even if torture would be the answer to obtain necessary information on
extreme situations of emergency, it will never, according to this ethical standpoint be
morally acceptable. Furthermore deontology believes it is never acceptable to use other
people as a means rather than a goal (Greenberg, 2005).
Conclusion
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