Terrorism and Justice Moral Argument in a Threatened World

by O'Keefe, Michael; Coady, Tony

• ISBN13: 9780522850499
• ISBN10: 0522850499
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-15
• Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Summary

The moral and political underpinnings of terrorism and counterterrorism are philosophically addressed in this book. Authors with different attitudes and original perspectives are brought together to address the ethical and practical justifications offered for terrorism and the conceptual frameworks for assessing and justifying responses to terrorism.

Author Biography

Professor C. A. J. (Tony) Coady is ARC Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Melbourne and Head of the ARC Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics established by the Australian Research Council. Michael O'Keefe is a Research Fellow at the ARC Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics.Other contributors are: Sir Ninian Stephen, former Governor-General; Associate Professor Robert Young, Department of Philosophy, La Trobe University; Associate Professor Igor Primoratz and Professor Seumas Miller, ARC Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics; Associate Professor Aleksandar Pavkovic, Department of Politics, Macquarie University; Associate Professor Abdullah Saeed, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies, University of Melbourne; Associate Professor Janna Thompson, ARC Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics and Department of Philosophy, La Trobe University; Professor Raimond Gaita, Australian Catholic University and King's College, London.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Toward a Definition of Terrorism	p. 1
Terrorism, Just War and Supreme Emergency	p. 8
Political Terrorism as a Weapon of the Politically Powerless	p. 22
State Terrorism	p. 31
Osama bin Laden, Terrorism and Collective Responsibility	p. 43
Towards Liberation: Terrorism from a Liberation Ideology Perspective	p. 58
Jihad and Violence: Changing Understandings of Jihad Among Muslims	p. 72
Terrorism and the Right to Wage War	p. 87
Responding Justly to International Terrorism	p. 97
A 'War of Good Against Evil'	p. 113
Notes	p. 126
Bibliography	p. 133
Index	p. 140
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