Ends- based/ Rules- based

The rules- based and ends-based distinctions can be applied to the United States response to actions taken by terrorist organizations from the Middle East. As applied to the current situation, an ends-based analysis of the torturing of suspected terrorists at Guantanomo Bay and other torture camps overseas might be that the United States views that they are working to prevent future attacks and saving many more lives in the process. The United States works to contain and prevent terrorism. From a rules-based analysis the United States has responded to the attacks by declaring a war on terror to demonstrate that violent actions made by terrorist organizations are not morally acceptable in the eyes of the United States or the greater international community.