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Santurri examines 'just war' theory, moral evaluation of terrorism

Amy Gage
January 31, 2003

Professor of Religion Edmund Santurri, who directs The Great Conversation program at St. Olaf College, has published "Philosophical Ambiguities in Ostensibly Unambiguous Times: The Moral Evaluation of Terrorism" in Journal of Peace & Justice Studies, 12:2 (2002). The article considers arguments that challenge the just-war prohibition of terrorism. Santurri says these arguments are unconvincing, that the moral condemnation of terrorism stands but that the distribution of responsibility for particular terrorist acts is "an enormously complex matter -- when the terrorist has a just grievance." An earlier version of this essay was delivered at the college as the Mellby Lecture in April 2002.

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.