Terrorism

Terrorism Premeditated politically

motivated violence perpetrated against non-combatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience. (Definition preferred by the U.S. state department)

Terrorism Nonstate

Actors: Individuals or

groups that are not sovereign States

Terrorism Violence

against non-combatants for political religious or ideological ends.

Terrorism "The unlawful use or

threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons."

TerrorismCan terrorism ever be justified?

Terrorism

Just War Theory

The doctrine that war may be morally permissible under stipulated conditions.

Just War Theory

Concerned with 2 issues

1. The justification for resorting to war.

2. The moral permissibility of acts in war.

The Justice of War

1. The justification for resorting to war.

Traditionally labeled, jus ad bellum or “the justice of war”.

Going to war can be morally justified only if certain requirements are met.

The Justice of War

1. The cause must be just.

2. The war must be sanctioned by proper authority.

3. The war should be fought with the right intentions.

4. Armed conflict should be a last resort.

5. The good resulting from war must be proportional to the bad.

6. There must be a reasonable chance of success.

Justice In War2. The moral

permissibility of acts in war.

Traditionally

labeled Jus in bello or “justice in war”.

Justice In War1. Discrimination:

Those fighting a war must distinguish between combatants and noncombatants, never deliberately targeting the latter.

Justice In War2. Proportionality:

The use of force should be proportional to the rightful aims of war

3. No evil means: For example:

Genocide Biological Warfare Chemical Warfare Nuclear Attack