01-11-2008, 01:18 PM
As a method for gaining information, I suppose it depends what the information is... In blue's post earlier about the boys life hanging in the balance.. does someones "human" rights outweigh the life of someone else......?
I think most of the people claiming it to be wrong under any circumstances are simply fooling themselves into thinking they're "good" people because of it.. ie 'I don't think people should be hurt, therefore I'm a good person' ... Sure it does work to an extent, but you have to believe there are things far more valuable than "morals"..
I'm sure you've noticed I have certain words in quotation marks, that's because the words are very open to interpretation..
ie "human".. Any so-called human who (to go back to blues example) will kidnap a child and put their life in danger isn't human by my reckoning - therefore torture, or threats of torture, doesn't violate their human rights..
"good" is obviously one of those words that is open to interpretation, more often than not the word is warped or distorted to fit the individual and make them believe that word suits them.
"morals" again is pure interpretation, and leads to many questions.. is it "moral" NOT to torture someone if someone (or many people) will die if you don't?
I leave you all with that final question. I'll be interested to see how you answer.
I think most of the people claiming it to be wrong under any circumstances are simply fooling themselves into thinking they're "good" people because of it.. ie 'I don't think people should be hurt, therefore I'm a good person' ... Sure it does work to an extent, but you have to believe there are things far more valuable than "morals"..
I'm sure you've noticed I have certain words in quotation marks, that's because the words are very open to interpretation..
ie "human".. Any so-called human who (to go back to blues example) will kidnap a child and put their life in danger isn't human by my reckoning - therefore torture, or threats of torture, doesn't violate their human rights..
"good" is obviously one of those words that is open to interpretation, more often than not the word is warped or distorted to fit the individual and make them believe that word suits them.
"morals" again is pure interpretation, and leads to many questions.. is it "moral" NOT to torture someone if someone (or many people) will die if you don't?
I leave you all with that final question. I'll be interested to see how you answer.