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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.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Defining ‘Terrorism’
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Ethics of Terrorism Or Can Terrorism Ever Be Permissible?
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
ANNE SCHWENKENBECHER is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Murdoch University, School of Arts, Western Australia. She has previously held positions at the University of Melbourne and at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the Australian National University, Canberra. Her main research interests are in the ethics of war and terrorism, the morality of groups and the ethics of climate change.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Terrorism: A Philosophical Enquiry
Authors: Anne Schwenkenbecher
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137024220
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-36398-4Published: 13 August 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-34918-0Published: 01 January 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-02422-0Published: 13 August 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 191
Topics: Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Terrorism and Political Violence, International Relations, Crime and Society, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law