Question

A newly captured soldier is found to be in possession of documents that indicate an imminent operation targeting American soldiers. Traditional interrogation of the soldier has not yielded any results, and you are concerned that lives will be lost if the captive soldier cannot be made to reveal what he knows about the imminent attack. Believing that time is running out, you consider authorizing the use of brutality in order to hopefully extract the information before lives are lost. Your dilemma is known as______.

Answer 1

the dirty harry problem

Step-by-step explanation:

The dirty harry problem is a scenario usually common within the law enforcement agency such as the police or in the military. The dirty harry problem is a moral dilemma that arises whereby an officer is faced with making an urgent and decisive call along the line of duty, of which such call or decision is against the ethics or protocols laid down for engagement, but which, if taken would be beneficial or bring a greater good to the society and all even if the means of achieving such seem unacceptable.

From the information given in the question about having to make a decision that seem morally unacceptable in other to achieve a moral good, the dillemma you are faced with as an officer can be referred to as the dirty harry problem.