Torture in any form, at any time, in any place, and for any reason, is unethical for psychologists and wholly inconsistent with membership in the American Psychological Association.
No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, legal compulsion or organizational demand, may be invoked as a justification for torture.
There is no defense to torture under the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (2002, as amended 2010).
The APA Ethics Committee will not accept any defense to torture in its adjudication of ethics complaints.