The One Simple Question That Determines Everything: "Is it acceptable to slaughter, rape, behead and burn people in pursuit of a political aim?" (Part 2) (Andrew Pessin)

(By Andrew Pessin, Continued from  part 1). 3. How Would You Respond To An Openly Genocidal Terror Group That Doesn’t Care About Its Own Civilians?So far I’ve argued that every decent human being must answer (Q) with an unqualified, full-stop “no,” and that the “no” answer reveals the true nature of the Palestinian movement as a genocidal Islamist...

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The One Simple Question That Determines Everything: "Is it acceptable to slaughter, rape, behead and burn people in pursuit of a political aim?" (Part 1) (Andrew Pessin)

(Guest post by Andrew Pessin,  professor of philosophy at Connecticut College.)The One Simple Question That Determines Everything Andrew Pessin apessin@conncoll.edu 1. Yes or No It’s a simple yes or no question. Much follows from how one answers the question, but we’ll start with just the question. (Q) “Is it acceptable to slit babies’ throats, rape little girls,...

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