Author profile: Jessica Devlin

The Ticking Bomb and the Justification of Torture

Jessica Devlin • Jul 5 2012 • Essays

The “ticking bomb” metaphor is an unrealistic and wholly unconvincing argument in favour of torture that relies on assumptions that do not stand up to scrutiny in the real world.

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