Recent research suggests not:
Suicide bombers are thus motivated by a “simple cost-benefit analysis”, in which the ‘benefits’ of self-destruction outweigh the cost. The benefits are perceived by the terrorist to be so great – in terms of membership of the group, achievement of collective goals, the promise of benefits in the after-life, and so on – that they outweigh the cost.












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