172 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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The terrorist threat remains a disturbing issue for the early 1990s. This book explores whether terrorism can ever be morally justifiable and if so under what circumstances. Professor Burleigh Taylor Wilkins suggests that the popular characterisation of terrorists as criminals fails to acknowledge the reasons why terrorists resort to violence. It is argued that terrorism cannot be adequately... Read more
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
Biography
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?
