Terrorism Unjustified

The Use and Misuse of Political Violence

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Av Vicente Medina

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Vicente Medina challenges common misconceptions and excuses for extreme political violence. Countering such axioms as “one man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist” and the “do whatever it takes” attitude toward counter-terrorism, Medina differentiates between justified political violence and unjustifiable terrorism. Surveying terrorism with both historical and contemporary examples, Medina dispels the relativism and emotional responses that have been used by some to justify terrorist acts. Medina draws on philosophical concepts like just war theory while adding social and political science perspectives to contextualize today’s terrorism within current international law and moral attitudes.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-10-29
Mått157 x 237 x 27 mm
Vikt581 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor280
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781442253513

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Vicente Medina is associate professor of philosophy at the Seton Hall University. Among his publications are "Militant Intolerant People: A Challenge to John Rawls' Political Liberalism," Political Studies, vol. 58, no. 3 (2010), "Unconditional vs. Conditional Critics of Terrorist Violence: A Seemingly Endless Debate," Public Affairs Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 4, (2006); "Locke's Militant Liberalism: A Reply to Carl Schmitt's State of Exception," History of Philosophy Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 4 (2002); and Social Contract Theories: Political Obligation or Anarchy? (1990).

Table of ContentsDedicationAcknowlegmentsIntroduction1. Brief History of TerrorismModern Origin of TerrorismFour Waves of TerrorismState Terrorism and Political Violence Terrorism and WarSummary2. Disputing TerrorismPerspectivism and Political ViolenceDefinitions of TerrorismSummary3. Critics of TerrorismWhy Terrorism is Morally OffensiveOpponents of TerrorismWho are the “Innocent”?Is There Anyone “Innocent”?4. Apologists of TerrorismWho are the “Enemies”?Apologists’ Arguments 5. “Whatever It Takes”6. PostscriptNotesBibliography

In this excellent and balanced analysis, the author, an associate professor of philosophy at Seton Hall University, examines the philosophical issues involved in whether it is justified or not to engage in terrorism to achieve one’s objectives…. There is much to commend in this insightful account, including the author’s working definition of terrorism as ‘the use of political violence by people who deliberately or recklessly inflict or threaten to inflict substantive undeserved harm on those who can be conceived of as impeccably innocent, aiming at influencing a domestic or an international audience.’