Revisions of papers presented at a conference held at Loyola Marymount University, Sept. 11-13, 2003. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Timothy Shanahan -- What is distinctive about terrorism, and what are the philosophical implications? / Michael Baur -- A taxonomy of terrorism / Liam Harte -- On what is the war on terror? / Simon Keller -- Terrorism as a technological concept : how low versus high technology defines terrorism and dictates our responses / Phillip McReynolds -- Defusing fear : a critical response to the war on terrorism / Andrew Fiala -- Physical violence in political conflicts : grounds for a strong presumption against violence / Trudy Govier -- Just war theory, legitimate authority, and the "war" on terror / Lorraine Besser-Jones -- Moral justification for violent responses to terrorism / Brett Kessler -- The moral consequences of preemptive strikes and preventive war / Richard C. Anderson -- Targeted killing / Daniel Statman -- Legitimate combatancy, POW status, and terrorism / Michael W. Brough -- Nothing new under the sun at Guantanamo Bay : precedent and prisoners of war / Pauline M. Kaurin -- Terrorism and torture / Fritz Allhoff -- Torture interrogation of terrorists : a theory of exceptions (with notes, cautions, and warnings) / William D. Casebeer.
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