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Which Premise in Henry Shue's TICKING TIME BOMB Argument Is

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Which premise in Henry Shue's TICKING TIME BOMB argument is the normative premise?


A) The premise that either the police torture the criminal or Paris will be blown up.
B) The hidden premise that torture is permissible in extreme cases.
C) The premise that it is better for one criminal to suffer than for millions of innocent people to die.
D) Since Shue's TICKING TIME BOMB argument is about consequences rather than obligations, there is no normative premise.

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