According to McMahan, the Best Explanation of Why It Would

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Multiple Choice

According to McMahan, the best explanation of why it would be permissible to torture a terrorist in a ticking bomb scenario but not his or her innocent child is that:

• A) Torturing the child would never be the comparative lesser of two evils.
• B) Inflicting pain on a child can never be morally justified as an act type.
• C) The child has done nothing to make him or herself liable to be tortured.
• D) Child abuse is currently condemned by both domestic and international law.

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