Philosophy 2083F/G Chapter Notes -Jeremy Waldron
6 Dec 2012
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Terrorism and the uses of terror jeremy waldron. Terrorism is sometimes defined as a form of coercion. But there are important differences between ordinary coercion and terrorist intimidation. Difficult to agree on a definition of terrorism. What matters is what we do about terrorism, not how we define it. Terrorism is any form of unlawful violent or dangerous act intended to intimidate or coerce governments or populations, then the link with terror and terrorization would seem to be contingent, perhaps just an artifacts of etymology. Terror in terrorism might be largely meaningless don"t think we should accept this analysis. Some threat situations may not presuppose prior control of the movements of the victim. Three or perhaps four stages to any coercive enterprise. The coercer gets the victim in his power so that he can communicate the threat and impose the threatened harm if he has o.
