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How terrorism is wrong : morality and political violence / Virginia Held.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Held, Virginia, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political violence.
- Terrorism--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Terrorism.
- Physical Description:
- x, 205 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- These essays by Virginia Held examine terrorism and other forms of political violence. Held assesses popular attitudes that glorify some kinds of violence and vilify others, and discusses the kinds of moral evaluation appropriate for terrorism, war, violent political change, or repression.
- Contents:
- Terrorism and war
- Military intervention and terrorism
- Legitimate authority in non-state groups using violence
- Terrorism, rights, and political goals
- Group responsibility for ethnic conflict
- The media and political violence
- The moral assessment of violence and terrorism
- Moral inquiry, action, and care.
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-198) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611342234
- 9780197730515
- 0197730515
- 9781281342232
- 1281342238
- 9780190454227
- 0190454229
- 9780199716227
- 0199716226
- OCLC:
- 630935582
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