Ethical Problems in the Use of Violence
Assuming that humans are by nature violent, instrumental violence, ie, violence calculated to produce a certain end, is discussed. Three types of violence are distinguished: (1) legitimate state violence, (2) antistate violence, or terrorism, & (3) state terrorism, or terrorism conducted by poli...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Revista internacional de sociología 1992-05 (2), p.101-105 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Assuming that humans are by nature violent, instrumental violence, ie, violence calculated to produce a certain end, is discussed. Three types of violence are distinguished: (1) legitimate state violence, (2) antistate violence, or terrorism, & (3) state terrorism, or terrorism conducted by political institutions. Viewing nonviolence as a goal, even if utopian, it is suggested that generalized violence should be replaced with an institutional, unpersonalized, legal violence. R. Jaramillo |
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ISSN: | 0034-9712 |