News Release

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March 2, 2005

Philosophy Speaker Addresses Terrorism And Its Victims In Boise State Lecture March 10

The Boise State University Philosophy Department presents a lecture by Jason Gatliff titled �In Defense of Terrorism: When is it Okay to Kill Children?� from 3:40-5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 10. Held in the Special Events Center at the west end of the Student Union Building, the lecture is free and open to the public.

Gatliff is a Ph.D. candidate at Bowling Green State University in Ohio and is a Boise State philosophy graduate. His talk will focus on the conditions under which an innocent civilian can be reclassified as a dangerous combatant. �Activities such as paying taxes are sufficient to make one a combatant,� he argues, thus nullifying immunity. However, he goes on to argue, identifying  a person as a combatant does not necessarily mean it is permissible to target that person for terrorism.

Gatliff�s lecture is part of the Philosophy Department�s Colloquium Series of free lectures. For more information, call 426-3304.
 

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Contact: Beth Collier, Department, (208) 426-3304

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Last reviewed on Thursday, December 22, 2005