Resolved: Our Moral Intuitions Regarding Torture Make No Sense.

[MrDibble]

@Tithonus

The first is that no-one is entirely opposed to torture as a matter of philosophical principle. It’s easy to conjure up hypotheticals that would awaken the Grand Inquisitor in all of us.[…]It doesn’t matter who you are, if you raise the stakes high enough everyone eventually says “Fuck it. Torture the guy.”

Want to bet?

So yeah. As a matter of philosophical principle, nobody is 100% opposed to torture. It’s important that participants in this thread recognise that about themselves.

No. I would die rather than torture someone. I would see you die. I would see my wife die. I would see my kids die. I would see the whole of humanity burn, before I torture someone. So where does that leave your argument now?