PHI 3395 Lecture Notes - October Crisis, Cabinet Of Canada, Deontological Ethics
12 Apr 2014
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Is there a proper definition of it: nature of terrorism, civilians are being targeted; not uniformed, as w/ army, ect, political motive, not just criminal. No sense something will happen until it does: security jeopardized by public trials, or full access to evidence for defendants, etc, could play into terrorists" hands by allowing them to know what the gov knows. Moral absolutes, or lesser of two wrongs. 3- how to view torture: flq crisis, wanted to promote quebec independence through acts of violence (1970, bombs left in mailboxes, kidnapping, ect. Cabinet minister (laporte) was killed: habeas corpus suspended by invocation of a law which does not exist today war. Challenged and legitimacy of suspension taken to scotus, which ruled against lincoln. Lincoln did it anyway: hamdi v. rumsfeld (2004) us supreme court, lm, 762. 1- potus can declare enemy combatants" and hold them.
