Assertion: torture | /r/HasProperty | permissible
Facets:
value: in this case
type: OTHER
value: legally
type: MANNER
value: in those cases
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Some theorists (Allhoff 2012) have invoked the legal principle of necessity in order to establish that torture in some extreme circumstances is or should be legally permissible (Gaeta 2004; Hunsinger 2008).
text: Some theorists (Allhoff 2012) have invoked the legal principle of necessity in order to establish that torture in some extreme circumstances is or should be legally permissible (Gaeta 2004; Hunsinger 2008).
text: If we are to have torture, though, there should be a clear delineation of responsibility, and such decisions should be made at the highest levels, where individuals could be held accountable for having decided that torture is permissible in specific cases.
text: And even if the example I gave were entirely hypothetical, the conclusion--yes, in this case even torture is permissible--is telling because it establishes the principle: Torture is not always impermissible.
text: In the case of torture, that means that the argument is not whether torture is ever permissible, but when--i.e., under what obviously stringent circumstances: how big, how imminent, how preventable the ticking time bomb.
text: use of torture has been the focus of a national debate about whether torture is ever permissible.
text: But there is a dilemma here, for it can seem morally obtuse, and therefore discrediting, to deny that torture is permissible in those cases in which it obviously is permissible – for example, when it would in fact force a kidnapper to reveal the location of hostages who will otherwise die.
text: The most cited legal scholar in the land writes: "If the stakes are high enough, torture is permissible.