Exam 10: Ethics and the War on Terrorism

Some advocate that terrorists through their actions have forfeited constitutional and human rights,and that the government can follow the policy of ______.

Self-defense is authorized under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.

Torture is a federal crime punishable by up to ______ years in prison.

Wilson (2005)sees a distinct policy ______ between security and rights.

Some believe that anti-terrorist activities that lead to operational excesses may nevertheless be morally justified under the principle of "double effect," meaning ______.

The issue of targeted killing highlights the critical importance of which strategy of counterterrorism?

U.S.practice on ______ seems to have begun with the efforts of the CIA to kill Fidel Castro and continued into the Vietnam War with plots to assassinate the president of South Vietnam and with the Phoenix Program,designed to kill Vietcong leaders.

Which of the following is not a command to followers or goal of Al Qaeda?

Peter Manning (2006)notes a package of measures forming part of the overall counterterrorist strategy impacting rights and freedoms,including ______.

Applying a consequentialist approach to counterterrorism means ______.

Some argue that,both politically and morally,a government facing a terrorist threat must avoid ______.

Which of the following are reasons for adopting the war paradigm?

______ arguments were adopted by the Landau Commission of Enquiry in Israel in 1987.

The federal government has adopted a criminal justice/law enforcement to the problem of terrorism.

Brecher (2007)suggests that ______ the occupation of torturer would radically reconfigure people's conceptions of everyday decency.

Terrorists are also termed ______ combatants.

Much of the debate on the ethics of the war on terror has centered on how to balance the ______.

Acts of terrorism by ______ are a more prevalent and deadly form of terrorism than terrorism by ______,according to Kapitan.

Our understanding of the concept of national security will necessarily shape an assessment of the morality of measures intended to secure it.

Proponents of the ______ approach to the war argue that prisoners arrested following 9/11 are to be considered prisoners of war (POWs)until a competent tribunal Determines otherwise.