AN EDITED VERSION OF THIS POST APPEARS IN THE RECORD (THE BERGEN COUNTY NEWSPAPER) ON DECEMBER 11, 2014
Is morality flexible? Is torture acceptable in the right circumstances?
Is morality flexible? Is torture acceptable in the right circumstances?
There is much discussion today on how imminent the threat
or how successful the "enhanced interrogation". If we perceived the
chance of another 9/11 as extreme and that the result of the torture would be to
stop it from transpiring would this excuse our actions?
Can our code of what we as a government are permitted to do
not have absolutes? Can we say that no matter the level of our fear or
the certainty of what shall be uncovered, there is never
justification for torture? Or are there always moments when moral absolutes crumble in
the face of reality?
Leadership comes with a
responsibility, a mandate, to demonstrate to our citizens and to the world those
qualities that make them, make us, examples of what is right.
Of what must be done, even in the most difficult of times. Especially in
the most difficult of times.
1 comment:
But, as we knew , inhanced interegation did not give us any credible information. And they tried to cover it up. It is disturbing, outrageous, dangerous that they lied to the Senate, to the President, and to the public. Isn't it a crime to lie to congress, to the President?
They have no morality! They even lied to Colin Powell, who they knew would never cover for them. Morality? They are bankrupt.
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