- What do you understand by the saying “The ends justify the means.”? Do you agree with it?
- Do you think it could ever be permissible to torture people to gain information if the information obtained would save other lives?
- If you are prepared to torture people who you regard as "evil" doesn't torturing them make you "evil" as well?
http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/07/01/us-question-fbi-nominee-torture-memos
Usefulness
- What do you think of the suggestion that you can get anybody to confess to anything if you torture them enough?
- Information obtained under torture is claimed by some to be highly unreliable as the prisoner has no real desire to cooperate. What do you think?
- Others claim that the prisoner will say whatever he thinks will make his captors happy. What is your opinion?
