Which of the Following Claims Can We Infer from Shue's

question 625

Multiple Choice

Which of the following claims can we infer from Shue's discussion of ticking bomb cases?

• A) Torture is not necessarily wrong, although cases in which it is justified are highly unlikely to exist.
• B) Torture is inherently wrong because, even in ticking bomb cases, it constitutes a violation of the victim's inalienable rights.
• C) Terroristic torture is more likely to accomplish its goal in ticking bomb cases than interrogational torture.
• D) Interrogational torture is more likely to accomplish its goal in ticking bomb cases than terroristic torture.

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