Given His Arguments in "Should the Ticking Bomb Terrorist Be

question 409

Essay

Given his arguments in "Should the Ticking Bomb Terrorist Be Tortured?," how would Dershowitz likely object to Shue's contention that escape through compliance is almost impossible in cases of interrogational torture? Be sure to state this objection as a complete argument.

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