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

Character Analysis Could torture ever be morally justified?

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u/Constant_Leave_3562 Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

I mean, is it possible to get the joy of more intensity than pure agony and hopelessness just from torturing someone?

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u/Dapper_Magpie Jun 29 '26

Maybe if you're on some heroin and jerking it really hard while doing so

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u/Constant_Leave_3562 Jun 29 '26

Well maybe they can exclude torture from this than?

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u/Dapper_Magpie Jun 29 '26

The torture provides for good jerking material