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1. • • The ticking bomb scenario operates by manipulating the emotional reactions of the audience. It creates a context of fear and anger. It artificially tilts the circumstances to evoke sympathy or even admiration for the torturer, and hatred or indifference towards the torture victim.
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   Why do people use the ticking bomb?

   • The ticking bomb is commonly invoked to justify torturing terrorist suspects, and the thought experiment pervades media discussion of this issue. It has also been invoked by holders of high office.

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   What is a “ticking bomb”?

   • The concept of the “ticking bomb” was first conceptualised in a fiction novel written by Jean Larteguy in 1960 (Kovarovic 2010: 254). It describes a scenario whereby the torture of a suspect is considered necessary to obtain information to prevent a future catastrophic event from occurring (Kovarovic 2010: 254).

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   What is the “ticking bomb” argument for torture?

   • The “ticking bomb” argument for torture does not allow for the use of torture routinely. It is only arguing for the use of torture as a tool in extreme circumstances. It is an argument that challenges the notion that torture is morally wrong at all times (Wisnewski 2009: 18).

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   How does a ticking bomb scenario work?

   • The ticking bomb scenario operates by manipulating the emotional reactions of the audience. It creates a context of fear and anger. It artificially tilts the circumstances to evoke sympathy or even admiration for the torturer, and hatred or indifference towards the torture victim.

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   What is defusing the ticking bomb scenario?

   • Defusing the Ticking Bomb Scenario reaffirms and re inforces the absolute and non derogable prohibition of torture and all other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrad ing treatment or punishment, against challenges based on the so-called ticking bomb scenario. Torture must be seen for what it is: abhorrent and shameful.

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   Can a ticking bomb destroy the prohibition of torture?

   • The stakes raised by the ticking bomb scenario are high: the destruction of the absolute prohibition of torture. The answer must be a correspondingly resolute “NO” to any exception to the prohibition of torture, no matter how nar-row the circumstances are claimed to be.

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3. www.bbc.co.uk › ethics › tortureBBC - Ethics - Torture: The 'ticking bomb' problem

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   Aug 3, 2007 · The problems of torture can be illustrated with the 'ticking bomb' scenario: is it acceptable to torture someone if it results in saving thousands of lives?

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   Jul 5, 2012 · The “ticking bomb” metaphor has been employed on numerous occasions to justify the use of torture in extreme circumstances. Evidence from Israel and the US suggests that the use of torture becomes widespread and routine behaviour when it is first legitimised for extreme circumstances.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ticking_time_bomb_scenarioTicking time bomb scenario - Wikipedia

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   The ticking time bomb scenario is a thought experiment that has been used in the ethics debate over whether interrogational torture can ever be justified. The scenario can be formulated as follows:

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   The ticking bomb is commonly invoked to justify torturing terrorist suspects, and the thought experiment pervades media discussion of this issue. It has also been invoked by holders of high office.

8. www.apt.ch › publications › tickingbombscenarioDefusing the Ticking Bomb Scenario - Association for the ...

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   What is the Ticking Bomb Scenario? The ticking bomb scenario is a hypothetical “thought experiment” that is used to question the absolute prohibi-tion of torture. It can be formulated as follows: “Suppose that a perpetrator of an imminent terrorist attack, that will kill many people, is in the hands of the

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9. nationalinterest.org › feature › the-ticking-bombThe 'Ticking Bomb' Dilemma: How Effective Is Torture?

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   Jan 2, 2015 · Also known as the “ticking bomb” argument, this discourse juxtaposes a lesser moral evil, say torturing a terrorist with information about a quickly unfolding plot, to a greater moral evil, the...

10. www.bps.org.uk › research-digest › peoples-supportPeople’s support for torture in "ticking time bomb scenarios ...

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    Dec 10, 2014 · The new Senate Intelligence Committee report describes how the ticking time bomb scenario was in fact used by the CIA to defend its use of torture or "enhanced interrogation".