Terrorism

Is Terrorism Ever Morally Defensible? The term terrorism has many different definitions. The most accurate definition of terrorism is defined as the use of violence and intimidation, especially for political purposes.1 Terrorism is based on an act of violence. It kills, hurts or injures many people who are innocent for the reason of making a point or for political objectives. Most of the acts of violence caused from terrorism is either manipulated by another person or leader or is intended to make a strong point from the act of violence. The term ethnocentrism can also influence terrorists because they may feel that their views or culture should over rule or power of everybody else. For example, the Ku Klux Klan was a terrorist group that was formed originally from six confederate Caucasian men who manipulate their group into violent acts costing lives of innocent people ("Spartacus Educational: Ku Klux Klan" 10/20/2011). The act of terrorism causes violence, deaths, conflicts or wars, devastation, mourning of the deaths of innocent people, loss for families, damage to our environment and society etc. There are not many arguments that conclude to why terrorism is understandable or justifiable in our society. The violent act of terrorism is not and will not ever be morally defensible. Terrorism evidently proves how it affects innocent bystanders and their families, what the act of terrorism leads to after the cause. These are contributing themes to relay and evidently prove why terrorism is not morally defensible.
Terrorist attacks are unknown and can happen anywhere at any time. Usually these terrorist attacks tend to occur in public areas where it is either a significant location or in a public area with many civilians. Either way, the location of where the terrorist attack takes place will always include the loss of lives of innocent people or civilians. It is morally right or defensible for terrorists to take the lives of innocent people to