PHIL 146 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Louise Richardson, Strategic Bombing, Guerrilla Warfare
13 Jul 2017
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Thomas hobbes (1588-1679)- thinks pervasive fear is unspeakably awful. Characteristics of terrorism: intentional violence against innocent civilians, politically motivated (to achieve political goals, (samuel sche er"s) by creating fear in others, (ss) in order to destabilize or degrade a social order, (ss) by a nongovernmental organization. What terrorists want by louise richardson: to achieve political goals, publicity, revenge (they think it is justi ed retaliation, to be seen as warriors (they want to be seen as engaging in war, not crime, to provoke retaliation. Guerilla warfare- very successful method of warfare, but very strong political support is needed (like in the american revolution: when people don"t have enough support, they resort to terrorism. Terror bombing- bombs are used on civilians to terrify the people: first used by germany, then by the usa and britain, attempted to use this against vietnam but it was unsuccessful. The last time to government had unlimited surveillance they used it on martin luther.
