Terrorism : a philosophical enquiry / Anne Schwenkenbecher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwenkenbecher, Anne, 1978-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Philosophy.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

vii, 191 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

"This book engages with the most urgent philosophical questions pertaining to the problem of terrorism. What is terrorism? Could it ever be justified? Assuming that terrorism is just one of many kinds of political violence, the book denies that it is necessarily wrong and worse than war. In fact, it may be justifiable under certain circumstances"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART I: DEFINING 'TERRORISM'

On The Current Debate On Defining Terrorism

What Is Terrorism?

PART II: ETHICS OF TERRORISM OR CAN TERRORISM EVER BE PERMISSIBLE?

Innocents and Non-Innocents

Terrorism Against Non-Innocents

Terrorism Against Innocents

Collateral Damage

Concluding Remarks

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230363984

0230363989

OCLC:

779863532