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It doesn't even have to be as simple as a moral argument: as roachboy, myself, and many others have pointed out, there's a perfectly valid utility argument. It doesn't do what it's meant to do. You're just as likely to get wrong information that will cost lives as you are to get the right information. Why the hell would you want to put more lives in danger? Vengeance, of course. Torture is great for enacting vengeance. That's all it really does, though. Jack Bauer isn't going to get the launch codes by torturing the Arab "terrorist" just in the nick of time, he's likely to alienate the tortured man or push him to the point where he says anything to end the torture. He might not even know the answer to the questions he's getting.
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