1) Biletzkiwrites that when most people consider the ticking time bomb scenario, they conclude that there are some situations in which it would be moral and legitimate to torture. (p. 180) But she also notes that some believe torture is too abhorrent to even discuss.(p. 181) How would you define torture? Under what circumstances, if any, do you think its use is justified?

2) Biletzki asks, "what are the limits of what we allow sovereign states to do in the matter of the human rights of their own inhabitants?" (p. 183) How would you answer this question?