Animal rights extremism and the terrorism question

Journal of Social Philosophy 40 (3):363-378 (2009)
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In this paper I extend orthodox just-war terrorism theory to the phenomenon of extremist violence on behalf of nonhuman animals.I argue that most documented cases of so-called animal rights extremism do not quality as terrorism.

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10.1111/j.1467-9833.2009.01457.x

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