AS writes, "Now [torture] is legitimate according to Charles Krauthammer ... if it saves merely one life."
Actually, the standard is somewhat different. CK's example, from which this is drawn, supports torture on the mere possibility of saving a life, not on actually saving a life.
To me, this is a subtle, epistemological distinction that has non-trivial moral implications.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Preserving an Important Distinction
