Terrorism

1. Terrorism

2. 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)

3. Terrorism Nonstate Actors: Individuals or groups that are not sovereign States

4. Terrorism Violence against non-combatants for political religious or ideological ends.

5. 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."

6. Terrorism Can terrorism ever be justified?

7. Terrorism

8. Just War Theory The doctrine that war may be morally permissible under stipulated conditions.

9. Just War Theory Concerned with 2 issues The justification for resorting to war. The moral permissibility of acts in war.

10. The Justice of War 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.

11. The Justice of War The cause must be just. The war must be sanctioned by proper authority. The war should be fought with the right intentions. Armed conflict should be a last resort. The good resulting from war must be proportional to the bad. There must be a reasonable chance of success.

12. Justice In War The moral permissibility of acts in war. Traditionally labeled Jus in bello or “justice in war”.

13. Justice In War Discrimination: Those fighting a war must distinguish between combatants and noncombatants, never deliberately targeting the latter.

14. Justice In War Proportionality: The use of force should be proportional to the rightful aims of war No evil means: For example: Genocide Biological Warfare Chemical Warfare Nuclear Attack