silly hypothetical.... and it falls squarely in the "slippery slope" category, doesn't it?
If you have one captive whose information can save 10K lives, you say torture them.
What if the number is only 1K instead of 10K? I would assume you would torture them.
What if we had ten captives and we were almost certain that at least one of them had informatin that would save 500 lives? I would assume you would torture them all.
What if we had five hundred captives and we had a pretty good idea that one of them had information that would save TEN lives? torture them all?
The point being..... once you start down that slope, it is impossible to use any moral justification to refrain from continuing down it.
My hypothetical is no sillier than yours is. LOL
Suffice to say that I am not going to agree with you and you are not going to agree with me. End of story.
Peace
Would you be willing to go to prison for torturing your so called terrorist?
Would you be willing to live with yourself by letting 10,000 people die even if you knew you had the right dirtbag???