Abstract
The issue of torture in its relation to medical ethics has recently been raised, in part because of the general concern expressed over the ethical character of the application of medical technologies. Torture would seem to be of much interest in the context of medical ethics, for modern medical technology could accomplish the ends of torture more efficiently and more humanely than in the past. In their essay 'Torture and the Ethics of Medi cine', A Jonsen and L Sagan discuss the conse quences of adopting the following rule which would, on utilitarian grounds, justify the limited use of torture: 'It is right to use torture in those very desperate situations where no milder means of interrogation seem likely to produce information which will with high probability, save many lives'.1 The authors contend that the proposed rule is unacceptable. In order to justify their claim, Jonsen and Sagan proffer the following arguments :
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