Terrorism and Collective Responsibility

List of contents

INTRODUCTION PART 1 TERRORISM 1 Can terrorism be justified? 2 Terrorism and consequentialism 3 Violence and force 4 Innocence, just wars, and terrorism PART 2 COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY 5 Responsibility for the My Lai Massacre 6 The responsibility of corporations 7 The distribution of liability

About the author

Burleigh Taylor Wilkins is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is the author of The Problem of Burke’s Political Philosophy and Has History Any Meaning?

Summary

The major moral issues raised by terrorism are examined, from defining a terrorist and the violation of an individual's rights to the problems posed to those who argue that there can be a "just" war.

Product details

• Authors: Burleigh Taylor Wilkins, Burleigh Taylor Wilkins
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138425064
• ISBN: 978-1-138-42506-4
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Points of Conflict
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy