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Questions Regarding a War on Terrorism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Claudia Card
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Abstract

The concept of a war on terrorism creates havoc with attempts to apply rules of war. For “terrorism” is not an agent. Nor is it clear what relationship to terrorism agents must have in order to be legitimate targets. Nor is it clear what kinds of terrorism count. Would a war on terrorism in the home be a justifiable response to domestic battering? If not, do similar objections apply to a war on public terrorism?

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. 164 - 169
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Copyright © 2003 by Hypatia, Inc.

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