Consider the "Ticking-Bomb" Scenario, Which Is Used to Justify Using

question 5

Multiple Choice

Consider the "ticking-bomb" scenario, which is used to justify using torture to fight terrorism. Some who are opposed to torture believe that ticking-bomb scenarios are too contrived to be taken seriously; such states of affairs simply don't happen in the real world. A plausible counterargument to this position is that

• A) ticking-bomb situations happen all the time.
• B) ticking-bomb situations have often been depicted in movies and TV series.
• C) in light of what we know about the upbringing of many convicted terrorists, we have good reasons to believe that ticking-bomb situations are possible.
• D) in light of what we know about terrorist tactics and aims (and about police cases that resemble ticking-bomb scenarios), we have good reasons to believe that ticking-bomb situations are possible.

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Definitions:

False Accusations

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