Abstract
This chapter argues for the following definition of terrorism. Terrorism is a strategy that: 1. Consists in state or non-state actors deliberately performing acts of violence aimed at (directly or indirectly) seriously harming persons who are not military combatants, human rights violators or violent revolutionaries; 2. Consists of violent actions that ought to be criminalized; 3. Is an intended means of terrorizing the members of some social, economic, ethnic, political, etc., group in order to achieve a political purpose; 4. Relies on the violence receiving a degree of publicity, at least to the extent necessary to engender widespread fear in the target group.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Counter-Terrorism |
| Subtitle of host publication | The Ethical Issues |
| Editors | Seumas Miller, Adam Henschke, Jonas Feltes |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Chapter | 2 |
| Pages | 24-34 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781800373075 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
