Reply #91: as did you, when you said 10 lives saved was not worth it

[dmallind]

Torturing the wrong person would not save the 10 lives would it?

Are you genuinely a fan of deontological morality? Are there moral absolutes for you? I've met a few who claim to be so but few who are comfortable explaining it when presented with some, admittedly often, but not always, highly improbable scenarios.

You seem (I may be wrong) to be saying you would let 1000 people die rather than waterboard one. Is that correct? If so please give me some idea how you would explain that to the families of the 1000, or how you would feel if you were one of those family members. Answer their obvious question: "Why did you let hundreds die when causing a terrorist a few moments of pain and fear would have saved them all, including incidentally the terrorist who now, guilty of this crime you did not prevent, is likely to face the death penalty?"