Christianity Today talks about torture. Now, not being a Christian, and not finding scripture a compelling arguement for anything, I can't say that I agree with all the reasoning within the article, or some of the conclusions that it draws, but I'm for the overreaching statement: it's not okay to torture. Ever.
While I would argue this from the stance of compassion, human dignity, and principles of universal justice (because someone behaves in an unjust way towards you does NOT ever make it okay to behave unjustly towards them), I would also argue it from the corruptive psychological effect that permitting such acts has on individuals and societies.
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While I would argue this from the stance of compassion, human dignity, and principles of universal justice (because someone behaves in an unjust way towards you does NOT ever make it okay to behave unjustly towards them), I would also argue it from the corruptive psychological effect that permitting such acts has on individuals and societies.
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