MugaSofer comments on Philosophical Landmines - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MugaSofer 20 February 2013 12:18:49PM -2 points [-]

For a historical example of exactly this, see the Spanish Inquisition. (They did torture people, and I did once come across some clever theological reasons for it, in which it is actually quite difficult to find the flaw).

Was it by any chance "If we don't torture these people they'll go to hell, which is worse than torture"?

Comment author: CCC 20 February 2013 02:27:51PM 0 points [-]

That's a large part of it, but not all of it. I can't quite remember the whole thing, but I can look it up in a day or two.