You can use any hypothetical or scenario you want, but the fact of the matter is that the intelligence that has been gained to justify enhanced interrogation on another person, could easily be flawed. As a result, an innocent person has been treated immorally and suffered extreme emotional and physical trauma, you save nobody, and ultimately make things worse because it creates more hatred.

And what about if 10, 100, 1000 people were waterboarded prior to said person, but all were as a result of faulty intelligence that was just passed down the line? Just as enhanced interrogation could work (for the sake of the argument of morality) on one person to save 1000, it can also fail on 1000 innocent people to save one (or what ever number of people you wish).

In an effort to find credible information, I believe the moral dilemma is solved if there's a risk of inhumane treatment to one person using a flawed system by someone playing god.


The only reasonable argument for owning a gun is to protect yourself from the police.