If we define all deliberate infliction of pain as torture then we lose the use of a useful concept. You are not cutting reality at the joint.
If we define all deliberate infliction of pain as torture then we lose the use of a useful concept.
I’m not. I’m defining using physical pain as a means of punishment as torture.
That’s even fairly conservative. Plenty of people also consider activities such as female circumcision for religious purposes torture.
I’m defining using physical pain as a means of punishment as torture.
That’s at the very least non-central fallacy.
Plenty of people also consider activities such as female circumcision for religious purposes torture.
Ok, that’s just expanding the definition of torture to “anything I disapprove of”.
What’s your preferred definition of torture?
If we define all deliberate infliction of pain as torture then we lose the use of a useful concept. You are not cutting reality at the joint.
I’m not. I’m defining using physical pain as a means of punishment as torture.
That’s even fairly conservative. Plenty of people also consider activities such as female circumcision for religious purposes torture.
That’s at the very least non-central fallacy.
Ok, that’s just expanding the definition of torture to “anything I disapprove of”.
What’s your preferred definition of torture?