Author Question: What does McMahan say about the ticking bomb case? a. Use of torture in this particular case ... (Read 85 times)

tiara099 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

What does McMahan say about the ticking bomb case?

a. Use of torture in this particular case could be justified because it is the lesser
of the two evils.
b. Use of torture in this particular case could be justified as an instance of the
principle of preventative justice.
c. Use of torture in this particular case is not justified because we cannot know
with certainty that the person we are torturing is responsible for the bomb
or even has any information about the bomb.
d. Use of torture in this particular case is not justified because torture is
categorically wrong.

Question 2

What do Margalit and Walzer say Israel should act if civilians are being used as
human shields?

a. It is unfortunate that civilians are used as human shields but if their
governments do not respect their rights, Israel has no obligation to respect
their rights either.
b. There are no innocent civilians in societies that allow terrorists to operate;
therefore a civilian who is being used as a human shield is implicitly an
enemy combatant and therefore may be justly killed.
c. Israel should act as if the civilians who are being used as human shields were
Israeli citizens.
d. All of the above