Is it ethical to torture foreign terrorists in their home country?

[santacruzpride]

My question to you all is this: Should we torture people deemed as terrorists in their home country, if we find that their actions could eventually have negative repercussions to the survival of our nation?

We all know might know a terrorist or two. They could be our neighbor, but they're hard to spot and even more difficult to really pin down. So, my question has regards to the actions going on in parts of the world like Afghanistan, Iraq and such. Should we, the Army of our great nation, have the right to torture people in parts of the world to protect us?

I know that there are many people who do not support this, but why not? If what these people are doing in their country, could eventually come to back to do harm to our country, should we not have the right and privilege to prevent these acts? If these kinds of things were going on in our backyard, our country or state the police, FBI etc etc would be all over them in a heartbeats notice.

 

Can anyone give me some advice, or insight in to the matter? I'm sure that there are many of you on here that have previous military experience. My father, grandfathers and uncles are all in the military or were, and thus the reason I ask.

 

Thank you

[timo]

Can anyone give me some advice, or insight in to the matter?

Sure: Declaration of Human Rights, articles 2 and 5.

[CaptainPanic]

Is it ethical to torture foreign terrorists in their home country?

No.

[John Cuthber]

The answer to the question is, of course, no.

 

But I'm at least as worried by this bit "Should we, the Army of our great nation, have the right to torture people in parts of the world to protect us? "

Not least because that's exactly the same argument that terrorists use

[Leader Bee]

Perhaps a question to ask is "Is torture ever effective"? If so, why should it not be used.

[John Cuthber]

Perhaps a question to ask is "Is torture ever effective"? If so, why should it not be used.

The question has been asked, and answered.

It doesn't work.

I think that may be the basis of the answers already given.

Or it may be that people didn't want to stoop to the same level as the terrorists.

 

The fact that it apparently being advocated by someone who thinks that 5% of the world's population should overrule the desires of the other 95% is also rather telling.