LAW AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE FACE OF TERRORISM – THE CASUS OF SHOOTING DOWN A HIJACKED PLANE
LAW AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE FACE OF TERRORISM – THE CASUS OF SHOOTING DOWN A HIJACKED PLANE

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the problem of moral responsibility for difficult decisions in the sphere of politics on the example of a former regulation of aviation laws concerning shooting down a hijacked plane. The text analyzes a sentence of the Constitutional Tribunal on the matter, especially the issue of the right to live and the concept of human dignity. A comparison is made between Mill’s utilitarism and Kantian deonthology as two opposing moral philosophies. In the end a hypothesis is made that state authorities should be held morally accountable by the public for their choices, even should that accountability result in their condemnation or the loss of office.

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