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If answered in class, you may work in groups.   Write the answer to each questions on a separate piece of paper.  If answered at home, type the answers in this file and submit to WEBCT by April 29.

Examine the letters in the file of Letters to the Editor on Middle East Terrorism.  For a review of the difference between deontological and consequentialist arguments, see An Introduction to Ethical Analysis.

1.  Which letters make a consequentialist argument supporting the Israelis?  What are the arguments?

2.  Which letters make a deontological argument supporting the Israelis?  What are the arguments?

3.  Which letters make a consequentialist argument supporting the Palestinians?  What are the arguments?

4.  Which letters make a deontological argument supporting the Palestinians?  What are the arguments?

5.  What is the strongest argument you can make in support of the use of suicide bombers by the Palestinians?

6.  What is the strongest argument you can make in support of the Israeli military action in Jenin?

7.  If you were advising the Israelis, what would you advise them to do?

8.  If you were advising the Palestinians, what would you advise them to do?

9.  If you were advising the U.S. government, what would you advise it to do?