How Does Jeremy Bentham View The Act Of Torture Justifiable?

Jeremy Bentham's view was that of “utilitarianism”. This is basically stating that an action is perceived to be right if it creates a considerable amount of happiness to a majority group of people. Bentham discusses that our view towards torture is distorted. We can look at a situation and depending on what that is we may view the act of torture as justifiable. He goes on to explain that torture is not as severe than other ways, which is found to be justifiable. Finally, he states that if the outcome of the torture is favorable then it is justifiable. I will have to agree with Bentham on this. I do believe that under certain circustances torture could be deemed justifiable. I feel that if the act of torture is going to save the lives of