![]() Other times their objectives were more understandable: Freedom from oppression or occupation, fighting against racism, etc. Sometimes they are clearly wrong (imposing their religious or political views on the rest of society). Various terrorist groups have had all sorts of objectives. Presumably the civilian population in question has enough influence on its own government that it will exert pressure on it to comply with the terrorists objectives out of fear of further terrorist attacks. ![]() using a traditional army and conventional warfare), so it resorts to terrorism against civilian populations instead. The group committing terrorist acts sees that it doesn't have the power to achieve it's political aims directly (via negotiation, or via conventional force - i.e. ![]() To discuss terrorism from a philosophical point of view, one first must realize that terrorism has a pretty precise definition: Achieving a political objective by terrorizing a civilian population.
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