Proponents of ______ in relation to torture are commonly confronted with the TBS as a counterargument.

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Moral absolutism is the ethical belief that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged, and that certain actions are right or wrong, regardless of the context of the act. Torture is often used as a counterargument to moral absolutism in debates, especially in hypothetical scenarios like the ticking bomb scenario (TBS), where the use of torture is argued to be justifiable under certain circumstances to save lives, challenging the absolutist stance that some actions are always wrong.

Proponents of ______ in Relation to Torture Are Commonly Confronted