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Mar. 28th, 2008 06:11 pmApparently today is Blog Against Torture day.
Here's the thing: Torture doesn't work. Not as a means of extracting reliable information. This is known.
Is it wrong that I think this practical question completely invalidates any ethical question on the subject? That I'm not interested in even addressing the moral issue of whether it is ever defensible to hurt people in order to achieve something good or necessary, because I'm convinced that hurting people is not in fact going to achieve it?
Listen: if I can't get you to stop because it's wrong, can I get you to stop because it's futile?
Here's the thing: Torture doesn't work. Not as a means of extracting reliable information. This is known.
Is it wrong that I think this practical question completely invalidates any ethical question on the subject? That I'm not interested in even addressing the moral issue of whether it is ever defensible to hurt people in order to achieve something good or necessary, because I'm convinced that hurting people is not in fact going to achieve it?
Listen: if I can't get you to stop because it's wrong, can I get you to stop because it's futile?
