The ‘ticking bomb’ scenario, so often evoked, is rather extreme and artificial; but it does sometimes arise. Recently in Germany: threatening (though not actually abusing) a kidnapper who had clammed up on where he’d stowed the child. The perp didn't break in time; the child died. And the courts ruled for the kidnapper:
Some background:
-- Incidentally. Jack Bauer and Mike Murphy became acquainted after they both retired.
For their beery reminiscences, click here:
http://murphybros.blogspot.com/2010/01/murphy-on-24.html
Watch Jack try -- and fail -- to break a particularly tough customer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74UO9CTpsGs&feature=endscreen&NR=1
Jack gets a taste of his own medicine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXdDglzZqTI&feature=endscreen&NR=1
From the Nazi archives ... actual footage of Jack's exploits as a young Marine !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuF4-7KXPkI&feature=endscreen&NR=1
Yes, examining the ethics of investigative torture is a swell way to dissect relative morality.
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