What motivates terrorists and assassins, and how do their actions affect society?



Abstract

Living in the world of fear is not in the interest of mankind. The killings and assassinations leave a deep impact on the well-being of a society. This research paper presents a descriptive account on motivation factors for terrorist and assassins. The research intends to facilitate the readers to enlighten themselves over the research topic. There is a need to understand that terrorism has ill effects on the economy, politics, and development of a strong nation. Moreover, it damages psychological well-being of a person. The wars and disagreements are the fruits of intolerant behaviors. Most of the people do not acknowledge their religion shapes their personality and the way they think. The conceptual research articulates that to convince a person to become a terrorist or an assassin; one has to have a very strong point to convince. An individual's attachment to its religion can serve the purpose better than any other source of motivation. In some cases, an individual becomes the assassin because he intends to be rich and wealthy. For doing so, he gains access to terrorist organizations and determines to work for them. The events of murder, torture, assassination, kidnapping, genocide facilitates means for disintegration of a society. The researchers explain that the psychological factors that serve as motivational factors for terrorists activities. It is the feeling of loss opportunities, injustice, biases, identity needs, childhood trauma, humiliation and the revenge, that results in changing human behavior.

Introduction2

Research Objectives3

Research Methodology3

Research Scope4

Discussion4

Motivation factors4

Religion & Racism4

Religious Extremism5

Needs & Money6

Psychological factors6

The ill-effects of terrorism activities on a society8

Conclusion8

References10

What motivates terrorists and assassins, and how do their actions affect society?

Introduction

Terrorism is not a new term to homo -sapiens. The act of terror, violence, fear and injustice has filled the history with the human civilization. The inhabitants of the earth have seen terrorism events that have resulted in ill effects on the human minds and society as a whole. The events bring painful site of human behavior that is less human and more inhuman. The act of killing, murdering or hurting another human is not acceptable in any society. A normal individual has the right to live in peaceful and secure society. Nobody wants to live in the world full of fears. For such a citizen, taking life of a person is beyond imagination. That makes us think what factors drive terrorists to commit such inhuman acts. Terrorist or assassins are humans like us. It is just the matter of behavior that categorizes them into a category that is most infamous. Their acts have a damaging effect on the society. The damages are not limited to loss of building, property, money, human lives and resources. It damages every element that structures a healthy society. The result of terrorist acts is a broken society in terms of security, peace of mind, stability, pleasure, contentment, satisfaction and progress. There is a need to understand that terrorism has ill effects on the economy, politics, and development of ...