Terrorism and justice : moral argument in a threatened world / edited by Tony Coady and Michael O'Keefe
- Bib ID:
- 527767
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Carlton South, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2002
- xvi, 144 p. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0522850499
- Summary:
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This is the first book to address philosophically the moral and political underpinnings of terrorism and anti-terrorism. It brings together authors with different attitudes and original perspectives on attitudes and ethical and practical justifications for terrorism.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Toward a Definition of Terrorism / Ninian Stephen
- 2. Terrorism, Just War and Supreme Emergency / C. A. J. (Tony) Coady
- 3. Political Terrorism as a Weapon of the Politically Powerless / Robert Young
- 4. State Terrorism / Igor Primoratz
- 5. Osama bin Laden, Terrorism and Collective Responsibility / Seumas Miller
- 6. Towards Liberation: Terrorism from a Liberation Ideology Perspective / Aleksandar Pavkovic
- 7. Jihad and Violence: Changing Understandings of Jihad Among Muslims / Abdullah Saeed
- 8. Terrorism and the Right to Wage War / Janna Thompson
- 9. Responding Justly to International Terrorism / Michael P. O'Keefe
- 10. A 'War of Good Against Evil' / Raimond Gaita.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 133-139.
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- Also Titled:
- Terrorism & justice
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