HSM 311 Full Week 4; Assignment + Discussions 1 & 2 (Ashford)

HSM 311 Ethics & Homeland Security 

Ashford Course - January 2016

HSM 311 Week 4 Assignment; Is Terrorism Justified

Week 4 Discussion 1 - Waterboarding

U.S. policy states that “the use of torture is illegal.” There is a known terrorist mastermind in U.S. custody who is unwilling to divulge his wealth of information. Top CIA officials support the clandestine use of waterboarding to elicit his information that is judged could help thwart an imminent terrorist attack.  Give an ethical argument for and against the use of waterboarding on this subject

Week 4 Discussion 2 - Justifying Terrorism

Is terrorism simply “the poor man’s” use of force?  If nations can justify war, can non-state actors? Using Just War Theory, give a justification for and against the use of terrorism through the lens of Hezbollah.