According to McMahan, the Best Explanation of Why It Would

Multiple Choice

According to McMahan, the best explanation of why it would be permissible to torture a terrorist in a ticking bomb scenario but not his or her innocent child is that:

A) Torturing the child would never be the comparative lesser of two evils.
B) Inflicting pain on a child can never be morally justified as an act type.
C) The child has done nothing to make him or herself liable to be tortured.
D) Child abuse is currently condemned by both domestic and international law.