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Public Safety And The Moral Dilemma In The Defense Against Terror

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Raphaël Franck
Arye Hillman
Miriam Krausz

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The economic theory of defense has traditionally described public safety as achieved through investments that deter adversaries. Deterrence is, however, ineffective and pre-emptive defense is required when a population of intended victims confronts supreme-value suicide terror. A moral dilemma then arises, since pre-emption may impose collective punishment, while in the absence of pre-emption the population of intended victims is exposed to acts of terror. We consider how a population of intended terror victims confronts the moral dilemma, and compare the threatened population's response with the public-safety recommendations of external judges who are not personally affected by the threat of terror.

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Article provided by Taylor and Francis Journals in its journal Defence and Peace Economics.

Volume (Year): 16 (2005)
Issue (Month): 5 (October)
Pages: 347-364
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Keywords: Defense economics; Defensive pre-emption; Counter-terrorism; Terror; International judges; Profiling;

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  1. Ben-Yashar, Ruth & Nitzan, Shmuel, 2001. " Investment Criteria in Single and Multi-member Economic Organizations," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 109(1-2), pages 1-13, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. James Yetman, 2004. "Suicidal Terrorism And Discriminatory Screening: An Efficiency-Equity Trade-Off," Defence and Peace Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 15(3), pages 221-230, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Arye L. Hillman, 2004. "Nietzschean Development Failures," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 119(3_4), pages 263-280, 06. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Jan Schnellenbach, 2005. "Appeasing Nihilists? Some Economic Thoughts on Reducing Terrorist Activity," Law and Economics 0507001, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Arye Hillman, 2007. "Economic and security consequences of supreme values," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 131(3), pages 259-280, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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