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Michael Levin puts forward a strong argument in favour of allowing torture where the motivation is to save innocent lives, for example, where many lives are threatened by terrorism. This 10 page paper considers the arguments he puts forward to support the proposition and considers the flaws of the arguments; why they may be wrong in terms of assumptions inherent in his approach and philosophical basis. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
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undertaking it those who inflict torture debase themselves and become no better than those whom they may torture. The argument made by Levin gives an interesting hypothesis and shows how
and why torture should be permitted. If we look at his case, which is presented in a very succinct and clear way, using both logic and emotion, then the case
looks string. However, if we look at some of the arguments we may also argue that not all are as logical or clear cut as Levin would like us to
believe. The scenario proposed by Levin puts forward to support the idea of accepting torture is a hypothetical position where there is an atomic bomb hidden on Manhattan Island,
due to explode in a few hours. There is not time to evacuate. The terrorist would rather die that reveal the location of the bomb the bomb unless there is
the release of many prisoners and the payment of a large sum of money. Due process does not allow for torture, but this process will not get the terrorist to
reveal the bombs location. He only way to prevent the bomb exploding is to torture the terrorist, subjecting them to great pain in order to extract the location. While it
may be distasteful and unconstitutional, it can also be argued as necessary. The torturing of one person may be the only way to save millions of lives and as such
the scale of the consequences justify the use of extreme measures. This is an extreme case, but Levin argues if the reader accepts this is a necessary move than
the potential and necessity to use torture is accepted the argument then becomes a matter of scale, determining where and when it is acceptable and when it is not. The
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