The basic form of my question is: Apart from the ticking-bomb scenario, are there any cases in which torture is even close to morally justifiable?
I do not think so, provided that the definition of the ticking-bomb scenario is sufficiently broad. By such a definition, not every ticking-bomb scenario necessarily includes a literal bomb. The term simply refers to any situation in which 1. An event will, without intervention, inevitably occur. 2. The event, if it occurs, will cause serious injury or death to a very large number of people. 3. We can stop this event from occurring if we obtain the necessary information. Apart from such a situation, I cannot think of any time when torture would be remotely morally justifiable.
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