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Autore: | Miller Seumas |
Titolo: | Terrorism and counter-terrorism [[electronic resource] ] : ethics and liberal democracy / / Seumas Miller |
Pubblicazione: | Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2009 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina: | 363.325 |
Soggetto topico: | Terrorism |
Terrorism - Prevention | |
Terrorism - Moral and ethical aspects | |
Terrorism - Prevention - Moral and ethical aspects | |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Terrorism and counter-terrorism |
ISBN: | 1-282-00742-4 |
9786612007422 | |
1-4443-0283-3 | |
1-4443-0284-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 996205894303316 |
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