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Informationen zum Autor Igor Primoratz is professorial fellow in the Centre For Applied Philosophy & Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University. Klappentext This is the first comprehensive study of the core philosophical questions posed by terrorism such as: How should we define it? Is it morally distinctive? Can it be morally justified?Igor Primoratz seeks to overcome relativism and double standards that often plague debates about terrorism. He investigates the main ethical approaches to terrorism: in terms of its consequences, rights and justice, "supreme emergency," and the collective responsibility of citizens. The book provides a rigorous, yet accessible analysis of a range of moral positions, from the acceptance of terrorism when its consequences are good on balance to its absolute rejection. Primoratz argues that terrorism is almost absolutely wrong. It may be morally justified only when an entire people is facing a true moral disaster, and this should be understood in a highly restrictive way.Conceptual analysis and normative arguments about the practice of terrorism are complemented with case studies of terror-bombing of German cities in World War II and the role of terrorism in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Terrorism: A Philosophical Investigation will be essential reading for researchers and students of philosophy and politics, and the general reader seeking to understand and evaluate acts and campaigns of terrorism. Zusammenfassung This is the first comprehensive study of the core philosophical questions posed by terrorism such as: How should we define it? Is it morally distinctive? Can it be morally justified?Igor Primoratz seeks to overcome relativism and double standards that often plague debates about terrorism. He investigates the main ethical approaches to terrorism: in terms of its consequences, rights and justice, "supreme emergency," and the collective responsibility of citizens. The book provides a rigorous, yet accessible analysis of a range of moral positions, from the acceptance of terrorism when its consequences are good on balance to its absolute rejection. Primoratz argues that terrorism is almost absolutely wrong. It may be morally justified only when an entire people is facing a true moral disaster, and this should be understood in a highly restrictive way.Conceptual analysis and normative arguments about the practice of terrorism are complemented with case studies of terror-bombing of German cities in World War II and the role of terrorism in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Terrorism: A Philosophical Investigation will be essential reading for researchers and students of philosophy and politics, and the general reader seeking to understand and evaluate acts and campaigns of terrorism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments viIntroduction 11 Defining Terrorism 72 State Terrorism and Counterterrorism 303 Complicity of the Victims 474 The Consequences of Terrorism 655 Terrorism, Rights, and Justice 846 Terrorism, Supreme Emergency, and Moral Disaster 957 Is Terrorism Morally Distinctive? 1148 Case Study: Terror Bombing of German Cities 1269 Case Study: Terrorism in the Israeli-Palestinian Confl ict 148Summing up 170Notes 176References and Bibliography 180Index 189...
List of contents
Acknowledgments vi
Introduction 1
1 Defining Terrorism 7
2 State Terrorism and Counterterrorism 30
3 Complicity of the Victims 47
4 The Consequences of Terrorism 65
5 Terrorism, Rights, and Justice 84
6 Terrorism, Supreme Emergency, and Moral Disaster 95
7 Is Terrorism Morally Distinctive? 114
8 Case Study: Terror Bombing of German Cities 126
9 Case Study: Terrorism in the Israeli-Palestinian Confl ict 148
Summing up 170
Notes 176
References and Bibliography 180
Index 189
