Michael Levin's The Case For Torture

We all have heard stories about a terrorist attack, plane hijacking, kidnapping and many other barbaric acts conducted by many known and unknown groups every now and then. As a result of these types of activities tens of thousands of innocent lives have been lost which also left many injured. The obvious question after this would be if there was anything that could have been done to prevent these activities and, possibly save those lives. In “The Case for Torture” Michael Levin is focusing on torture as a possible solution. He is claiming the use of torture not as a punishment but, an acceptable measure for preventing future evil and, acquiring valuable information in extreme situations. It is because millions of innocent lives that are in danger will outweigh the maximum excruciating possible pain for a person convicted guilty. In all of his examples he is showing torture as the only possible
Something identical might not occur but, something similar where something bad is going to happen that relates to accepting torture might occur. In the first example Levin supposes a terrorist has hidden an atomic bomb on Manhattan and gets caught before its detonation. He is asking the readers what they would do in such a situation in terms of accepting or denying torture as a possible measure to locate the bomb and defuse it. Based on my moral principles I personally would deny it but, what about those millions of innocent people who are about to die. There is no point in releasing the terrorist nor is he politely going to tell us where exactly the bomb is located. Thinking about those million lives one might be obliged to accept torture rather than worrying about the aftermath. There is always a slight chance that the bomb might get located or lead to something related to the bomb officials were unaware