"A Case for Torture"

I agree with the point Michael Levin makes in his piece “A Case for Torture” about how there are certain circumstances when it is okay to torture someone. I think it is appropriate to torture a terrorist in order to save many of lives. The mass killing of innocent people is far worse than torturing someone who has chosen to be a terrorist. A terrorist hurts people on purpose as he has “volunteered for the risk of his deed”. A terrorist does not care about individual rights so why should our society worry about his individual rights? His act is cowardly as he strikes his victims secretly and without warning. The threat of torture is a great deterrent as it keeps the “innocents from being dispatched”. Lives are too important to let one person endanger them. If one has the ability but does nothing to stop a terrorist situation, then many people could die. One should have the courage to torture the terrorist. Torturing the terrorist is not killing and if it proves to be successful, then no one has to die in the end. It is a win win situation. Torture is the only way to save innocent people in situations like terrorist attacks and it is a way to prevent “future evils”.