Social Issues

The first rule of jus ad bellum is just cause. Here, the view is that terrorist acts may be undertaken but only for the right reasons. There are various just causes that a nation may undertake terrorist acts such as the bid to forestall an enemy attack i.e. self-defense and protection of innocent civilians from opinionated aggression (Sageman 71)

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Justified terrorism emerges as a politically incorrect term generating intense moral and humanitarian debate. In the present opinionated atmosphere, any attempt to rationalize terrorist acts on whatever grounds (moral or otherwise) is likely to be perceived as inhumane at both the popular as well as the scholarly levels. Since terrorist related activities are often heinous, aggravated and deplorable, any notion such as that of Robespierre that “virtue without terror is powerless” loses whatever credibility it may have as a moral maxim.

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The doctrine proportionality is another rule of jus ad bellum. This is to say that, prior to waging war, it is crucial to weigh the outcome vis a vis the just cause. This involves considering the inevitable atrocities, destruction and fallout. Such a war must secure the just cause otherwise it would not be justifiable.

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Employers who invest meagerly in their workforce and hire primarily low-wage, less-skilled workers (which often mean a large proportion of women and nonwhite employees) are unlikely to provide family benefits.

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Indians are among the few immigrants into the United States whose culture has had a great impact in the ‘Americas way’ despite the Americanisation having eroded so many other immigrants’ cultures (Snipp, 1989).

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While life was mundane and normal for most, they did not seek to venture out of their comfort zones and seek for a better life for themselves. However, Douglass’ discontentment and curiosity gave him the desire to read and write. In Thomas Auld’s house, his wife set out to teach young Douglass how to read and write.

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With his education, Douglass tried to emancipate other slaves by giving them one thing that the white man could never take away from them: knowledge and education. Thus, when sent to William Freeland together with others, he taught interested blacks how to read the Bible.

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Andragogy was labeled as an upcoming form of technology designed to facilitate effective development and implementation of learning activities among adults. The five assumptions of andragogy about the adult learner include self concept of directness, experience, readiness to learn, internal motivation and their orientation where they would like to apply the new knowledge immediately to solve problems (Knowles, 2005, p.145).

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