While the conflict between Arabs and Jews over Palestine has been at the center of much historical and political discussion, philosophical treatments of the moral questions it raises are rare. When does a group of people have a right to govern a certain territory, and how are competing claims to be adjudicated? Under what conditions are people entitled to political self-determination? What rights accrue to those who have been the victims of territorial aggression? Can recourse to terrorism ever be legitimate? This book addresses these questions in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The authors conclude that neither Palestinians nor Israelis, as ethnically or culturally defined, have rights to self-determination; that refugees do have a right to return to homes and land from which they were driven; that terrorism can sometimes be justified; and that one state for both Arabs and Jews is the only moral solution to the conflict.
Introduction
Self-Determination; T.Kapitan
Right of Return; R. Halwani
Terrorism; T.Kapitan
The One-State Solution; R.Halwani
References
RAJA HALWANI is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Liberal Arts Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA. His areas of research include ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of sex and love, and philosophy of art, areas in which he published numerous articles. He is also the author of Virtuous Liaisons: Care, Love, Sex, and Virtue Ethics and the editor of Sex and Ethics: Essays on Sexuality, Virtue, and the Good Life.
TOMIS KAPITAN is a Professor of Philosophy at Northern Illinois University, USA. He has also taught at Indiana State University, Birzeit University, East Carolina University, The American University of Beirut, and Bogazici University in Istanbul. He has published articles in metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of logic, and international ethics. He is the editor of Philosophical Perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,, Archaeology, History, and Culture in Palestine and the Near East, ( and the co-editor of The Phenomeno-Logic of the I ).
Description
While the conflict between Arabs and Jews over Palestine has been at the center of much historical and political discussion, philosophical treatments of the moral questions it raises are rare. When does a group of people have a right to govern a certain territory, and how are competing claims to be adjudicated? Under what conditions are people entitled to political self-determination? What rights accrue to those who have been the victims of territorial aggression? Can recourse to terrorism ever be legitimate? This book addresses these questions in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The authors conclude that neither Palestinians nor Israelis, as ethnically or culturally defined, have rights to self-determination; that refugees do have a right to return to homes and land from which they were driven; that terrorism can sometimes be justified; and that one state for both Arabs and Jews is the only moral solution to the conflict.
Contents
Introduction
Self-Determination; T.Kapitan
Right of Return; R. Halwani
Terrorism; T.Kapitan
The One-State Solution; R.Halwani
References
Authors
RAJA HALWANI is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Liberal Arts Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA. His areas of research include ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of sex and love, and philosophy of art, areas in which he published numerous articles. He is also the author of Virtuous Liaisons: Care, Love, Sex, and Virtue Ethics and the editor of Sex and Ethics: Essays on Sexuality, Virtue, and the Good Life.
TOMIS KAPITAN is a Professor of Philosophy at Northern Illinois University, USA. He has also taught at Indiana State University, Birzeit University, East Carolina University, The American University of Beirut, and Bogazici University in Istanbul. He has published articles in metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of logic, and international ethics. He is the editor of Philosophical Perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,, Archaeology, History, and Culture in Palestine and the Near East, ( and the co-editor of The Phenomeno-Logic of the I ).
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