Eugine_Nier comments on Open thread, 11-17 March 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Chrysophylax 24 March 2014 07:06:31PM 1 point [-]

If we define all deliberate infliction of pain as torture then we lose the use of a useful concept. You are not cutting reality at the joint.

Comment author: ChristianKl 24 March 2014 10:00:55PM -1 points [-]

If we define all deliberate infliction of pain as torture then we lose the use of a useful concept.

I'm not. I'm defining using physical pain as a means of punishment as torture.

That's even fairly conservative. Plenty of people also consider activities such as female circumcision for religious purposes torture.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 25 March 2014 03:50:32AM 2 points [-]

I'm defining using physical pain as a means of punishment as torture.

That's at the very least non-central fallacy.

Plenty of people also consider activities such as female circumcision for religious purposes torture.

Ok, that's just expanding the definition of torture to "anything I disapprove of".

Comment author: ChristianKl 25 March 2014 11:08:01AM 0 points [-]

What's your preferred definition of torture?