ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an introduction to terrorism, followed by a thought experiment. It is followed by a short discussion and then a series of questions. Political philosophers have recently become more interested in this topic because of recent high-profile terrorist attacks. The thought experiment presents a case of two people: a Jewish person living in Israel and an Arab living in Palestine. Both feel they have a right to the land that they occupy. Both support action whatever it takes against the other to allow the liberation of further land and greater sovereignty. The questions are intended to get the philosophy students thinking about the problems. They have used these kinds of questions in seminars as the questions set for seminars, so they also think that they can be used to spark conversation and discussion. The chapter also gives a cursory sketch of some of the ways in which philosophers have responded to the thought experiment.
