According to the BBC’s Ethics Guide, a pre-emptive strike is [hostile] action taken by [an actor] in response to a threat from another [actor] - the purpose of it is to stop [a] threatening [actor] from carrying out [his/her/] its threat.
Basically, get them before they get us, because we’re pretty darn sure they’re going to get us, and if we wait to get them until after they attack, it’s going to be really, really horrific.
Brutus’s argument for killing Caesar is based on this principle. In a written response, support or refute Brutus’s position. Your response must use logical arguments, as well as textual evidence from Julius Caesar, historical evidence from an actual pre-emptive attack some time in world history, and hypothetical evidence of a pre-emptive strike that hasn’t occurred yet, but reasonably could.
Due Wednesday, November 5.
According to the BBC’s Ethics Guide, a pre-emptive strike is [hostile] action taken by [an actor] in response to a threat from another [actor] - the purpose of it is to stop [a] threatening [actor] from carrying out [his/her/] its threat.
Basically, get them before they get us, because we’re pretty darn sure they’re going to get us, and if we wait to get them until after they attack, it’s going to be really, really horrific.
Brutus’s argument for killing Caesar is based on this principle. In a written response, support or refute Brutus’s position. Your response must use logical arguments, as well as textual evidence from Julius Caesar, historical evidence from an actual pre-emptive attack some time in world history, and hypothetical evidence of a pre-emptive strike that hasn’t occurred yet, but reasonably could.
Due Wednesday, November 5.
According to the BBC’s Ethics Guide, a pre-emptive strike is [hostile] action taken by [an actor] in response to a threat from another [actor] - the purpose of it is to stop [a] threatening [actor] from carrying out [his/her/] its threat.
Basically, get them before they get us, because we’re pretty darn sure they’re going to get us, and if we wait to get them until after they attack, it’s going to be really, really horrific.
Brutus’s argument for killing Caesar is based on this principle. In a written response, support or refute Brutus’s position. Your response must use logical arguments, as well as textual evidence from Julius Caesar, historical evidence from an actual pre-emptive attack some time in world history, and hypothetical evidence of a pre-emptive strike that hasn’t occurred yet, but reasonably could.
Due Wednesday, November 5.