Torture, terrorism, and the use of violence / edited by J. Jeremy Wisnewski.
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TextSeries: Review journal of political philosophy ; v. 6, pt. 2Publication details: Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (180 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9781443802918
- 1282029916
- 9781282029910
- 9786612029912
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- Terrorism -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Violence -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Terrorism -- Philosophy
- Violence -- Political aspects
- Nihilism (Philosophy)
- Terrorisme -- Philosophie
- Violence -- Aspect politique
- Nihilisme
- Terrorisme -- Aspect moral
- Violence -- Aspect moral
- nihilism
- Ethics & moral philosophy
- Social & political philosophy
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General
- Terrorism -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Violence -- Moral and ethical aspects
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- BJ1459.5
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Includes bibliographical references.
Review journal of political philosophy, v. 6, no. 1.
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Table of contents; acknowledgments; a typology of terrorism; why the end of liberation cannot justify terrorism as means; torture and moral knowledge; the senses of terrorism; must terrorism be violent?; which rules; the ethics of terror and torture; waterboarding, torture, and violence; acts of self-harming protest and the definition of terrorism.
This volume brings together new and innovative work on questions of violence--and in particular on the moral and political questions surrounding torture and terrorism. Each essay contributes to our understanding of the limits and scope of violence, and how we might appropriately respond to it, in the context of concrete concerns. Questions include: is torture ever justified? How are we to understand terrorism? Should we believe the claim that torture is sometimes necessary? Is conscientious o ...
English.
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