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Terrorism: A Philosophical Enquiry

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Anne Schwenkenbecher

    1. The University of Melbourne, Australia

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Anne Schwenkenbecher
      Pages 1-6

  3. Defining ‘Terrorism’

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-8
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    2. On the Current Debate on Defining Terrorism

      • Anne Schwenkenbecher
      Pages 9-37

    3. What Is Terrorism?

      • Anne Schwenkenbecher
      Pages 38-47

  4. Ethics of Terrorism Or Can Terrorism Ever Be Permissible?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Innocents and Non-innocents

      • Anne Schwenkenbecher
      Pages 51-66

    3. Terrorism against Non-innocents

      • Anne Schwenkenbecher
      Pages 67-114

    4. Terrorism against Innocents

      • Anne Schwenkenbecher
      Pages 115-140

    5. Collateral Damage

      • Anne Schwenkenbecher
      Pages 141-156

    6. Concluding Remarks

      • Anne Schwenkenbecher
      Pages 157-159

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 160-191
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About this book

This book engages with the most urgent philosophical questions pertaining to the problem of terrorism. What is terrorism? Could it ever be justified? Assuming that terrorism is just one of many kinds of political violence, the book denies that it is necessarily wrong and worse than war. In fact, it may be justifiable under certain circumstances.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The University of Melbourne, Australia

    Anne Schwenkenbecher

About the author

ANNE SCHWENKENBECHER is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Murdoch University, School of Arts, Western Australia. She has previously held positions at the University of Melbourne and at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the Australian National University, Canberra. Her main research interests are in the ethics of war and terrorism, the morality of groups and the ethics of climate change.

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