Writing Activity Is it okay to torture terrorists if they potentially have information that could sa

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Writing Activity Is it okay to torture
terrorists if they potentially have information
that could save the lives of innocent people?
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Deontology
Immanuel Kant
The theory of moral obligation
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Good Will
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The Categorical Imperative
An action that you support expanding to a
universal moral law
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Maxim the rule for an action
If they shouldnt, you shouldnt either.
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Test It Out
The Great American Pants Suit
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A Few Criticisms of the Categorical Imperative

• The Loophole special circumstances make me
  the exception to the rule
• In the mind of the action-doer, the action is
  rational (personal interpretation)
• No exceptions?

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I fear you speak upon the rack, Where men
enforced do speak anything.
-William Shakespeare
Another Thought Experiment The Ticking Time
Bomb