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The Ticking Time Bomb is False Hypothetical
All emotion and no logic
It seems illogical to argue torture as a just way of receiving information when the situation presented is so far fetched. The ticking time bomb theory plays on the emotions of the person to which the situation is presented to because I think anyone would want to save the lives of a whole city by torturing one person, but then one must remember how outrageous the ticking time bomb situation is. Of course you want to save the innocent lives of civilians, but this situation merely cons people into agreeing by using pathos and no logos.
- SConn
March 2, 2009 12:45PM
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