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**Beerinkol** · 01-19-2012, 08:33 AM

The author is also wrong on this point, so it appears that he is the one with cognitive dissonance
Cognitive dissonance abounds. To torture a terrorism suspect, for example, is always morally wrong; to kill him, video-game style, with a missile fired from a remote-controlled drone, is morally justified. I don't think it's wrong to torture a terrorism suspect particularly if it means saving lives. We no longer live in a world where rules of engagement are conducted in a gentlemanly fashion. If our enemies play dirty then we need to get down there in the dirt with them or suffer the consequences.

01-19-2012, 08:33 AM	#2
Beerinkol Join Date Dec 2006 Posts 5,268 Senior Member	The author is also wrong on this point, so it appears that he is the one with cognitive dissonance Cognitive dissonance abounds. To torture a terrorism suspect, for example, is always morally wrong; to kill him, video-game style, with a missile fired from a remote-controlled drone, is morally justified. I don't think it's wrong to torture a terrorism suspect particularly if it means saving lives. We no longer live in a world where rules of engagement are conducted in a gentlemanly fashion. If our enemies play dirty then we need to get down there in the dirt with them or suffer the consequences.
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