Upturned Earth

“… to think clearly is a necessary first step toward political regeneration.” – George Orwell

May 5, 2009 • 9:05 am

“Against Thought-Experiments”

At the Scene, I explain why thinking clearly about torture means thinking clearly about real circumstances, rather than imaginary ones.

Filed under: morality, personal, philosophy, torture

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"... if someone really thinks, in advance, that it is open to question whether such an action as procuring the judicial execution of the innocent should be quite excluded from consideration -I do not want to argue with him; he shows a corrupt mind." - G.E.M. Anscombe, via Joe

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