Why, in Constructing His TICKING TIME BOMB Argument, Does Henry

question 20

Multiple Choice

Why, in constructing his TICKING TIME BOMB argument, does Henry Shue describe a case that even he regards as unrealistic?

• A) Shue wants to show that although the consequences of torture could conceivably make torture permissible in some circumstances, those circumstances would have to be unrealistic.
• B) Shue believes that such extreme cases bring out strong reactions that help us see our truest moral convictions.
• C) Shue is simply trying to be dramatic to make his topic interesting.
• D) Shue wants to establish that torture is permissible in principle as a way of arguing that it is permissible in less extreme cases.

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