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by yjftsjthsd-h 3338 days ago
That's not a moral position, that's one branch of the conditional:

> if extreme techniques were viewed as likely to result in useful information

He's not arguing that torture is wrong, he's arguing that torture doesn't work.
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1457389 3338 days ago
No he stated his moral position (that torture is wrong) first, and then at the end of his answer appended "and of course it is ineffective, but that is another story".

Maybe listen/read to his full response first?

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BinaryIdiot 3338 days ago
The problem here is, what if studies showed torture really did work? Would he have the same, up front moral position? I think that's what parent was trying to allude to. Not whether he is morally opposed to it right now but if he's more of a "if it works I'll use it no matter what" type of person.

But that just calls into question a person's character and it's going to be impossible to dig down and find a satisfying answer for everyone. So I'm not sure how fruitful this is.

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