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The Morality of Terrorism

2002; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

10.2139/ssrn.341600

1556-5068

Theodore P. Seto,

War, Ethics, and Justification

Notwithstanding the current political consensus in the United States, terrorism is inherently morally ambiguous. The Boston Tea Party, which helped lead to American independence, John Brown's raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, which helped lead to the abolition of American slavery, and the bombing of the King David Hotel, which helped drive the British out of Palestine and thereby made possible the establishment of the State of Israel, were all terrorist acts under current U.S. law.