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Responding to the Evil of Terrorism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Alison M. Jaggar
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Abstract

In this paper, I distinguish terrorism from other crimes and from war, noting that terrorism may be perpetrated not only by private individuals and members of non-state organizations, but also that it may be ordered by the state. Since terrorism is illegal almost everywhere, I argue that the proper response to it is usually through law enforcement rather than military measures. In some circumstances, however, I content that even law enforcement procedures may be used by the state to terrorize civilians. Since nonstate terrorism is usually intended to draw attention to social grievances, I conclude that eliminating terrorism requires addressing those griev-ances.

Type
Forum on September 11, 2001: Feminist Perspectives on Terrorism
Information
Hypatia , Volume 18 , Issue 1: Special Issue: Feminist Philosophy and the Problem of Evil , Winter 2003 , pp. 175 - 182
Copyright
Copyright © 2003 by Hypatia, Inc.

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