Assertion: torture | /r/HasProperty | great evil
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Given that torture involves both the infliction of extreme physical suffering and the substantial curtailment of the victim’s autonomy, torture is a very great evil indeed.
text: Both torture and (premature) death are very great evils but, if one is a greater evil than the other, it is certainly torture” (2005: 165), and David Sussman says, “
text: Many have suggested that torture is a greater evil than killing or even murder.
text: So, as already noted, torture is a very great evil.