{"id":573,"date":"2019-09-09T08:11:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T12:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=573"},"modified":"2019-09-09T08:11:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T12:11:18","slug":"tyrannicide-what-follows-and-its-ethics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2019\/09\/09\/tyrannicide-what-follows-and-its-ethics\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyrannicide: What Follows and Its Ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Both readings talk a lot about what tyrannicide means, and the ethics behind the term.\u00a0 While it may be morally justified to assassinate a dictator-like government official, steps need to be taken to assure that the next government will be just and not make the same mistakes as the previous regime.\u00a0 One of the documents argue, \u201c<\/span>In most cases, tyrannicide either brings tremendous instability (as in the contemporary Middle East), or simply turns the tyrant\u2019s successors even more despotic, with fierce persecution against the plotters, and even brutal revenge against the population.\u201d Making sure the next government official isn\u2019t corrupt, and that they have resources in place to effectively lead, needs to be considered before disposing of the current regime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I actually learned a lot about a situation in Zimbabwe where tyrannicide may have been a potential solution.\u00a0 Robert Mugabe, who recently passed away, was formerly the leader of Zimbabwe. Mugabe was extremely corrupt, caused mass poverty, and order the army to kill members of the opposing political party.\u00a0 The issue with just killing him, when was in power, was that the government power was so concentrated that the next leader would have likely been just as corrupt.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the climate after the assassination is just as important to a successful government overthrow, the morality of the act should also be considered.\u00a0 The ethics of killing a person is the gray area of the subject that will divide people. At some point murdering one person to save many is necessary, but the question is when that event should take place.\u00a0 That\u2019s where the difficult lies because the answer changes depending on the person, some may argue that tyrannicide shouldn\u2019t be an option and democracy will prevail in time. How society interprets the intentions of those trying to overthrow a government by means of assassination will determine if history remembers their acts as liberating or criminal.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Both readings talk a lot about what tyrannicide means, and the ethics behind the term.\u00a0 While it may be morally justified to assassinate a dictator-like…<\/p>\n

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