is sometimes not only morally permissible‚ but morally necessary. Krauthammer uses the example of terrorists in his example‚ what if we captured a terrorist with knowledge of an attack and the knowledge of future attacks; do we torture him for his information? Or simply just have him locked up? (Krauthammer 2). Utilitarian considerations are sufficient to justify using cruel actions against terrorists to extract confessions. Even though is cruel to torture one to extract information‚ it is our duty
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Essay EL&C Cause and Effect Emma van der Maas ICV1A Terrorist or freedom fighter Terrorists are evil and want only to destroy and terrorise the western society. They all have beards and see the Quran as their holy mean to convey this awful jihad (holy war). They have their ways and beliefs to justify their terrorist actions and they do not care about the people they hurt or kill. Or do they? Is the ‘western world’ not forgetting that we for centuries have excluded these
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writers show the cultural and personal forces that leas the characters to taking their revenge? In both "Vendetta" and "The Schoolteachers Guest"‚ both stories show that the cultural forces did lead to them taking their revenge‚ in the most different ways possible‚ this being affected by their culture and communities as both stories were set in different time scales and different surroundings‚ vendetta being set in Italy in the 1900’s and the schoolteachers guest being set in the 1800’s in Agua Santa
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Terrorists’ Justifications for Their Actions Alexandra C. Zuñiga CJ290/ Terrorism Mr. Scott Thompson Kaplan College 12/13/2012 Abstract Terrorists commit horrible acts of violence. They justify their actions with a wide range of reasons why the actions they carry out are “right.” Most terrorist organizations must convince themselves that the opponent is “evil.” Some commit terrorist acts against others in the name of their religion. An outcast believes that being an outcast in itself is
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the establishment of Islamic rule over Jerusalem. The Hizballah has tried to accomplish these goals through the use of terrorism‚ of which 704 attacks were committed from 1991 1995 (Information Division: NP). The scope and nature of Hizballah’s terrorist campaign reflect its close dependency on Iranian support for both the ideological and financial levers. Iran donates fast amounts of money to Hizballah‚ which among other things funds the movement’s health and education services. The funds received
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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT SHOULD BE IMPOSED FOR TERRORIST KILLINGS Nowadays we all know what the terrorism is. Everyone remember 11th September 2001. It was the biggest terrorist attack. It shocked all of the World. Every country help USA fighting to end the terrorism. All the World start to find the way to stop this problem. Most of countries send their soldiers to catch terrorists and bring peace in the World. There is a few ways to stop this and punish terrorist. One of them is capital punishment but
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Our stereotype terrorist is often male‚ age between 18 – 35 years old. The majority of those who commit acts of terrorism are men. However‚ recent notice has been given to women as actors in terrorist attacks. Female terrorist have been involved in a number of incidents. Women have been involved in a wide range of tasks in support of terrorist activity so the concept of the female terrorist is not a new one. A motivational factor that seems to be clear is the intention for fame and acknowledgement
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controversial. The ideology of how convicted terrorists should be treated has been on the subject of debates to this very day. Terrorists should be trialed and brought to justice under the terms of criminals under the ruling of civil courts‚ as they do not act under a national banner. Terrorists should be treated as criminals rather than as combatants. Terrorists as a whole do not operate in conjunction with each other. Though some do act in groups‚ the term terrorist can be applied to several distinct groups
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Later in the 1860’s a terrorist group called the Ku Klux Klan was formed by Southerners to terrify former slaves and prevent them from voting. In the 19th century‚ Western Europeans‚ Russians‚ and Americans adopted terrorism‚ and believed that the best way to get what they wanted was to assassinate people holding higher positions. In the 20th century‚ terrorism went through some great changes. The use of new technology such as automatic weapons and explosives encouraged terrorists to act violently and
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hits globally. The terrorist group ISIS does exactly what they are described as‚ a group that spreads fear and terror. Even though ISIS is based in the Middle East‚ this terrorist group still affects the country from massacre to bombardment. No matter your race‚ religion or gender‚ you are a target to ISIS as long as you are not exactly like them. This terrorist group has grown bigger than ever thought‚ and needs to be dealt with before it becomes a bigger problem. This terrorist group did not always
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