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Autore |
Miller Seumas |
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Titolo |
Terrorism and counter-terrorism [[electronic resource] ] : ethics and liberal democracy / / Seumas Miller |
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Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-00742-4 |
9786612007422 |
1-4443-0283-3 |
1-4443-0284-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Collana |
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Blackwell Public Philosophy Series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Terrorism |
Terrorism - Prevention |
Terrorism - Moral and ethical aspects |
Terrorism - Prevention - Moral and ethical aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-214) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The varieties of terrorism -- Defining terrorism -- Terrorism and collective responsibility -- Terrorism-as-crime -- Terrorism, war and states of emergency -- Torture -- Bioterrorism and the dual-use dilemma. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Undoubtedly, the events of September 11, 2001 served as a wake-up call to the scourge of global terrorism facing twenty-first century societies. But was the attack on the World Trade Center a crime or an act of war? Is seemingly indiscriminate violence inflicted on civilians ever morally justified? And should society's response always be in kind--with blind, destructive violence? For that matter, are all civilians truly "innocent"? The answers are not always so simple. Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: Ethics and Liberal Democracy provides sobering analyses of the nature of terrorism |
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