War, Terrorism, and Torture

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. A war that involves actual fighting is known as

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. The view that moral considerations do not apply to war is known as

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. Just war theory's principle of military necessity belongs to

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. Nagel thinks that the core of the absolutist position is that

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. Nagel clarifies that absolutism is the view that we should

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. Since Nagel thinks there can be genuine moral dilemmas, he denies the moral principle that

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. Which of the following is not one of the four main excuses for terrorism that Michael Walzer discusses?

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. In responding to terrorism, says Walzer, it is particularly important that

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. The "double standard" with which states and nonstate entities are judged, according to Andrew Valls, is that

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. According to Valls, a just cause for political violence is usually

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. What kind of consequentialist theory does Dershowitz think can justify terrorism in certain extreme particular cases?

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. Which of the following is a view that Dershowitz argues for?

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. Marcia Baron argues that the artificiality of ticking bomb cases is problematic because

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. One problem with treating the ticking bomb case as involving only a single instance of torture, according to Baron, is that

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. Jus in bello is that part of just war theory that sets forth moral requirements for going to war.

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. Thomas Nagel accepts the difference between doing and allowing.

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. Nagel thinks that in cases of conflict between utilitarian and absolutist moral reasons, absolutist reasons should always win out.

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. On the form of absolutism Nagel defends, pacifism is the only permissible course of action in warfare.

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. Michael Walzer thinks that, if terrorists complain of oppression, addressing that oppression would only confirm the effectiveness of their tactics.

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. Walzer argues that terrorism is rarely, if ever, truly a last resort.

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. According to Valls, the right to self-determination can justify political violence for states but not for nonstate actors.

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. According to Dershowitz, act utilitarianism could even justify some acts of terrorism.

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. In Dershowitz's view, all cases of torture should be illegal, though the law should allow for the exoneration of individuals who can morally justify their actions.

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. Baron discusses her hypothetical case of catastrophe-preventing rape to show that rape is also a form of torture.

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. The textbook defines a(n)_________ as a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nation.

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. The textbook defines _________ as activities involving the infliction of intense pain on a victim with the aim of punishing, coercing, or deriving sadistic satisfaction.

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. Nagel thinks that absolutism does not entail that one ignore the _________ of one's actions.

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. Nagel thinks that there are genuine moral _________ when utilitarian and absolutist considerations conflict.

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. According to Walzer, the idea that all politics is really terrorism betrays our _________ about political life

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. The best ways of responding to terrorism, says Walzer, involve retaliation and _________.

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. Andrew Valls defines _________ as violence committed by nonstate actors against persons or property for political purposes.

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. Valls mentions the distinction between using violence to target innocent civilians and using violence merely with the knowledge that innocent civilians would be harmed as a side effect. This distinction corresponds to the principle of _________, and Valls argues that if the principle is rejected, then terrorism and war will seem even more similar.

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. Dershowitz mentions three values that are pitted against each other when considering torture, the first of which is the safety and security of a nation's _________.

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. Marcia Baron says, "The ticking time bomb hypothetical is marred by the very feature that is supposed to make it so compelling: that there is no _________ to lose."

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