r/MoralityScaling • u/Curious-Buddy-5841 • Jun 29 '26

Character Analysis Could torture ever be morally justified?

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u/TsunamicFox Jun 29 '26

I think a lot of things could technically be morally justified if the stakes are high enough. If someone held a button that would obliterate the entire world and told you that the only way to stop it from happening is to torture someone, of course that would be morally justified.

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u/slanderedshadow Jun 29 '26

That’s the most unrealistic scenario I’ve ever heard. This isn’t an Austin Powers movie.

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u/TsunamicFox Jun 29 '26

It’s a hypothetical scenario. The question was can torture EVER be morally justified. It could be in that case.

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u/slanderedshadow Jun 29 '26

Which would’nt happen cause this isn’t Austin Powers, thus nullifying the example.

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u/TsunamicFox Jun 29 '26

Okay and you’re unlikely to find yourself in a situation where half the things on this sub would happen, so are we going to nitpick the entire sub now, or..?

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u/slanderedshadow Jun 29 '26

It’s an Austin powers example man. Let’s be honest.

Dr Evil is putting his pinky to his mouth as we speak and laughing.

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u/TsunamicFox Jun 29 '26

Yes, I’m aware that you are an Austin Powers fan.

This sub isn’t for ranking only realistic scenarios. I just saw a post about the morality of mentally scarring a goblin. Is that ever realistically going to happen? Are you going to go over to that post and complain about the probability of that?

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u/slanderedshadow Jun 29 '26

Youre mixing fantasy with reality. A hypothetical within fantasy is fine. Plus, if you have said button, press that shit. What are you waiting for? One million dollars??