Is torture ever justified?

Former prisoners of war lawmaker John McCain is working hard to oppose President Trump's attitude towards torture. When discussing the method of interrogation called the water battle that was banned in Congress, the presidential election president said, "I love it, I do not think it is strong enough." And argue that torture does not produce reliable intelligence. What do you think? Read the rest and vote below.

The cards nominated a parliamentary member Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) To lead the CIA, and he said that he will regain the water. The American Civil Liberties Union is strongly opposed to the stance of Pompeo's voice against torture, which is believed to be an infringement of the constitution and international law.

Torture is an unacceptable evil. Except for two cases. One is a time bomb. An innocent life is being threatened. The bad guy you caught has information that can save your life. He refused to disclose. In this case, selection is easy. The second exception to the rule that there is no torture is high value information with the possibility to save lives, to obtain information from high-value enemies. This situation lacks the clarity of the black and white of the time bomb scene. We do not know much about the length of the fuse and the nature of the next attack. However, I know that the danger is great. I know what I must do, but I do not know the location or method - I do not know until I get the information.

When dealing with a massive terrorist attack, the position for torture by Berl Falbaum may not be black and white.

Let's assume that the United States captured enemy spies He knows that hundreds of thousands will be killed when starting a nuclear attack in major US cities. Should the United States torture spies to get information and rescue the American cities? ... Unfortunately, not abstract concepts, no matter how beautiful it is, we must act according to reality. Indeed, we live in a world where there are people who oppose our approach to the value of human lives.

Is torture reasonable in the world after 9/11? FRONTLINE gathered groups of legal thinkers to answer this question. Some of them have studied the problem of torture together for a joint project with Harvard Law School and the Kennedy government graduate school of Harvard University. The organization reported that it is sometimes called "torture and streamlining" strategy, trying to establish some restrictions and monitoring procedures for the use of "highly mandatory measures". "

Is the problem of interlacing meaningful? "The problems are: Is war meaningful?" It seems that this is appropriate as torture is the subject of war. The theory of fair war can be used to justify torture because it can accept certain circumstances. St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) stated 'jus ad bellum' and he believed that the conditions that the war had to fulfill were reasonable. War has to be ordered by a legitimate authority, it must be fired for good reasons and the intention of the war people should be good at defeating evil (Almond, 1998, p. 197). Of course, the problem with using this theory of justice war is that conditional satisfaction is subjective. However, if torture is done by a legitimate government, torture may be morally justified if its overall goal is good and has the best intent.