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Terrorism and justice : moral argument in a threatened world / edited by Tony Coady and Michael O'Keefe.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Carlton South, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2002Description: xvi, 144 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0522850499
  • 9780522850499
Other title:
  • Terrorism & justice [Other title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.625
LOC classification:
  • HV6431 .T4616 2002
Contents:
Toward a definition of terrorism / Ninian Stephen -- Terrorism, just war and supreme emergency / C.A.J. (Tony) Coady -- Political terrorism as a weapon of the politically powerless / Robert Young -- State terrorism / Igor Primoratz -- Osama bin Laden, terrorism and collective responsibility / Seumas Miller -- Towards liberation: terrorism from a liberation ideology perspective / Aleksandar Pavković -- Jihad and violence: changing understandings of jihad among Muslims / Abdullah Saeed -- Terrorism and the right to wage war / Janna Thompson -- Responding justly to international terrorism / Michael O'Keefe -- A 'war of good against evil' / Raimond Gaita.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-139) and index.

Toward a definition of terrorism / Ninian Stephen -- Terrorism, just war and supreme emergency / C.A.J. (Tony) Coady -- Political terrorism as a weapon of the politically powerless / Robert Young -- State terrorism / Igor Primoratz -- Osama bin Laden, terrorism and collective responsibility / Seumas Miller -- Towards liberation: terrorism from a liberation ideology perspective / Aleksandar Pavković -- Jihad and violence: changing understandings of jihad among Muslims / Abdullah Saeed -- Terrorism and the right to wage war / Janna Thompson -- Responding justly to international terrorism / Michael O'Keefe -- A 'war of good against evil' / Raimond Gaita.

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.

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