You are a colonel in the U.S. Army, responsible for running an Afghanistan prison that houses captured Taliban and al-Qaeda soldiers. If you approve the use of interrogation techniques that America has found objectionable when used against U.S. soldiers, your decision fails the ________________ test.
A)universalism
B)double-effect
C)natural law
D)positivist law

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The universalism test, in ethics, suggests that a decision or action is morally acceptable if it can be applied universally—that is, if one would find it acceptable for everyone in a similar situation to act in the same way. Approving interrogation techniques that are objectionable when used against U.S. soldiers fails this test because it suggests a double standard, where it's not acceptable for all parties to use the same methods.

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