Yes, of course. Numbers do not count. Ethically, we all agree that torture is unethical and an offense to society, injurious to the person who tortures and to the person tortured.
However, a hard and fast rule that says the issue is purely ethical and that numbers cannot alter the calculus raises difficult ethical issues as well.
If you are comfortable with an inflexible application of the rule no-torture even if torture could avoid the deaths of millions of people, then you have made the hard choice.
Millions dead, but you sleep comfortably in the knowledge that you have done the right thing at the great expense of others.
Numbers count. Count the numbers. Count the people. People aren't numbers.
