One To a Thousand

Torture is horrible, agreed? To torture another human, electrify, cut bits off, pull teeth out, and basically do terrible things. However, what if I told you it was done to save a bunch of schools girls to avoid the very same fate that you did to that man to save them. Wouldn't you be less likely to sit on that high horse of moral righteousness?

The thing about torture is that it's unethical, but it would also seem morally wrong to not use it. Why? Because you could save thousands at the sufferance of one evil individual. The thing that really makes it hard is that there are a lot of bad people out there. They have information, and jail does not scare them, nothing really scares them. So how do you get information out of them? Play hard ball with them. Then the information comes, and thousands are saved.

However, the problem with it is that what if the authorities get it wrong? What if they're torturing an innocent who has information, or what if they're doing torture because they can? Torture is a double edge sword. You can use that sword to defend yourself, but if you’re not careful, you could cut yourself or others.

With that double edged sword in mind, how important is that information? Is it really worth the moral cost?There are some lines that should never be crossed. Unforgivable. If we cross them and win the war, what is the point of winning when we look in the mirror and we look just like the enemy. The thing, how far is really worth it at all?

In the end, torture should remain not legal. However, it is a necessary evil, but to make it legal could cause innocent people to be tortured. Furthermore, it could have the effect of making the authorities lazy and not willing to search into matters deeply enough. Also, it's important that it should remain illegal so that it is only the last resort. If it's legal, people will just happily use it with disregard of the consequences. That in its self is not comforting or ethical. Furthermore, torture could make an organization less professional and a bad effect on moral. Nevertheless, it would seem that we will always need it, but the way we see it should not be seen normal or regular. Rather it should be seen when all options are exhausted, it's waiting in the dark.