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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822618303321

Autore

Miller Seumas

Titolo

Terrorism and counter-terrorism [[electronic resource] ] : ethics and liberal democracy / / Seumas Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2009

ISBN

1-282-00742-4

9786612007422

1-4443-0283-3

1-4443-0284-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Blackwell Public Philosophy Series

Disciplina

363.325

Soggetti

Terrorism

Terrorism - Prevention

Terrorism - Moral and ethical aspects

Terrorism - Prevention - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-214) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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