RESEARCH PAPER IN ENGLISH Submitted by: Reianne B. Espesor Submitted to: Mrs. Gladys B. Badting TERRORISM TABLE OF CONTENTS I – Acknowledgement II – Introduction III – Definition of Terms IV – Body/Problem V – Summary VI – Conclusion/Recommendation VII – End Notes VIII – Bibliography I. Acknowledgement First of all‚ I would like to say thank you to God‚ for giving me strength and good health to do this research
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Is Terrorism Ever Morally Defensible? The term terrorism has many different definitions. The most accurate definition of terrorism is defined as the use of violence and intimidation‚ especially for political purposes.1 Terrorism is based on an act of violence. It kills‚ hurts or injures many people who are innocent for the reason of making a point or for political objectives. Most of the acts of violence caused from terrorism is either manipulated by another person or leader or is intended
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Morally: Since rationalism is based on using our mind to make reasonable judgment‚ I think what has happened about the leaking of information about the NSA program of recording information is morally acceptable. As John Locke’s philosophy about “natural law”‚ which included moral equity and nature freedom‚ citizens have the rights to not be watched. What Snowden did was based on a personal point of view that represented the moral aspects of the culture‚ which is freedom. From this‚ I can understand
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excuse”; in this case that fault is terrorism. Terrorism is the use of any violence‚ or intimidation that targets‚ or endangers‚ another individual’s civil liberties‚ politics‚ or government. Terrorism takes violence to an extreme level with no logical reason‚ or methodology. Terrorism is an excuse for the weak minded‚ who would rather assert their “authority” or “position” through violence‚ rather than finding innovative ways of dealing with their problems. Is terrorism ever justifiable? I would have
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bombed Pearl Harbor the U.S government gave an order to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki as revenge. Kings and dictators also take revenge by invading other countries‚ and even the ordinary people‚ like us‚ take revenge on smaller issues. But is it morally justified? The answer to this question is largely depends on whom you ask‚ and it may vary according to the concepts and values that he/her was raised on - it differs among different peoples‚ cultures and traditions. In this essay I will try to answer
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“Terrorism is the weapon of the oppressed” “Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well‚ there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.” ― Noam Chomsky In any set up there are legitimate‚ legal and peaceful means of expressing displeasure and disapproval of certain policies in a country. Peaceful demonstrations were successfully employed
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The word terrorism seems as though it would be easy to define. It is a word nearly everyone is familiar with‚ and yet it is difficult to grasp a clear definition of what the term entails. Terrorism‚ as used in today’s media covers a wide range of violent acts. It can be synonymous with violence‚ radicalism and extremism‚ but this was not always true. The meaning of the term has changed multiple times throughout history. This is one of the reasons it is difficult to have a firm definition of ‘terrorism’
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In the past years‚ terrorism has increased quite gradually‚ in both attacks and fatalities. Source 2 shows a graph comparing the number of Jihadist attacks Pre British and American invasion to post invasion stats. The pre invasion statistics shows that there were just 25 worldwide whereas post invasion there was a drastic increase in attacks to 200 per year. Source 20 shows the number of terrorist attack incidents and fatalities from the 1st of October 1998 through to the 8th of November 2006. From
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Terrorism Terrorism is a major issue that affects all people all around the world. Terrorism has been a part of life for many countries like England‚ the United States‚ Syria‚ and Israel. In all of those countries and many more‚ thousands upon thousands of people have died. Bombings at the world trade center‚ the numerous attacks happening currently in the Middle East‚ and the letter bombs in the United Kingdom have shown us that terrorism and terrorist aren’t petty little things we can just brush
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Terrorism "Terrorism" comes from the French word terrorisme‚[12] and originally referred specifically to state terrorism as practiced by the French government during the Reign of terror. The Jacobins cited this precedent when imposing a Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.[14][15] After the Jacobins lost power‚ the word "terrorist" became a term of abuse.[8] Although "terrorism" originally referred to acts committed by a government‚ currently it usually refers to the killing of innocent
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