CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Petre, Ioana |
|---|---|
| Title | Just Terrorism? A Moral Assessment of the Relationship between Terrorism and the Just War Theory |
| Summary | The aim of the present thesis is to assess whether the just war theory can provide a moral justification for terrorism. In this sense, I have analyzed terrorist attacks from the perspective of six jus ad bellum principles - namely, legitimate authority, just cause, right intention, last resort, reasonable chance of success and proportionality – and the jus in bello requirement of noncombatant immunity. I put an end to my inquiry after proving that terrorists have no moral justification for failing to discriminate between individuals that are liable to be killed and those that are not. The reason is that I chose to write the paper in a way that did not allow the continuation of the analysis unless terrorism complied with the previous principles. The main finding of my thesis is that terrorism respects the jus ad bellum constraints, but violates the jus in bello noncombatant immunity. As such, I argue that terrorism can be considered a morally justified war, conducted in a morally impermissible manner. |
| Supervisor | Moles, Andres |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/petre_ioana.pdf |
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