Assertion: torture | /r/HasProperty | necessary
Facets:
value: no longer
type: TEMPORAL
value: to obtain that confession
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: They believed that torture was necessary to obtain that confession.
text: Americans have evidently seen just enough—between revelations of fact and fictional representations—to become habituated to the idea that torture is a necessary cost of safety.
text: torture was necessary to prevent imminent, significant, physical harm to persons, where there is no other available means to prevent the harm.
text: They could not claim “necessity,” because the decision as to whether the torture is indeed necessary has been taken out of their hands and placed in the hands of a judge.
text: Some argue in times of crisis—like an imminent terrorist attack—torture is necessary.
text: the torture is no longer necessary.
text: Each is extremely unlikely to be certain in reality, however straightforwardly they may be presented in the moral puzzle, and each uncertainty weakens the case that torture is necessary and, therefore, justified.