Is there a distinction between "torture" and "inhuman treatment?" Should torture be allowed in order to gain evidence against terrorists or to prevent future attacks? Does the "ticking-time-bomb" hypothetical justify torture in general or only in such extreme cases? Should Dershowitz's warrant-requirement proposal be employed? How do you know that the person you are torturing really has the information that you are seeking? What if you torture someone who has no information? Does this satisfy the utilitarian ethicist? The due-process legal scholar? When does interrogation become torture? Does what occurred on 9/ll constitute "necessity" or "self defense" that would excuse the use of torture for the purposes of obtaining information about al Qaeda?

Address these questions in a post of at least 250 words, and respond to the postings of at least two other students. Your remarks should be spell-checked and free of grammatical errors