Philosophy 2083F/G Lecture Notes - Strategic Bombing

• School: Western University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: Philosophy 2083F/G
• Professor: Frank Cameron

Document Summary

Descriptive or normative - is normative and no descriptive because it needs to take into account the negative presumptions associated with being a terrorist. Us definition: the calculated use or threat of violence to inculate fear, intended to coerce or intimidate governments and societies. Uk definition: the use of threat for the purpose of advancing a political religious or ideological course of action of serious violence against any person or group. Issues perpetrators: can states be terrorists, and can they have a monopoly on power scope: at least in the case of the uk definition, the definition leaves the types of actions available very open.