The best solution I’ve seen to the “nuke in New York” situation is that the torturers should be tried, convicted, and pardoned. The pardon is there specifically for situations where rule-based law violates perceptions of justice, but acknowledges that rule-based law and ethics should be followed first. The codification of the rule of pardon seems to conflict with the ideas of “never compromise your ethics, not even in the face of armageddon” that you are apparently advancing. Thoughts?
The best solution I’ve seen to the “nuke in New York” situation is that the torturers should be tried, convicted, and pardoned. The pardon is there specifically for situations where rule-based law violates perceptions of justice, but acknowledges that rule-based law and ethics should be followed first. The codification of the rule of pardon seems to conflict with the ideas of “never compromise your ethics, not even in the face of armageddon” that you are apparently advancing. Thoughts?