Michael Walzer suggests that states could morally justify war or military intervention in the absence of overt aggression to assist secessionist movements if
a. they represent an oppressed minority underneath the rule of a military government.
b. they seek a morally just way of government that is superior to methods of the ruling government.
c. they can show that they have allies in other states that are ready to recognize them diplomatically if they are able to form their own state.
d. they have demonstrated their representative character.
e. the ruling government from which a group is trying to secede does not have the support of a majority of the people.
Answer: d
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