Essays presented at a conference held at State University of New York at Buffalo, March 1989. Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-271) and index.
Contents:
The idea of collective violence / John Ladd -- Emotiveness and elusiveness in definitions of violence / Robert Holmes -- Passive disobedience as violence / Eike von Savigny -- Coercion and violence / Thomas Pogge -- The nihilistic significance of violence / Sergio Cotta -- Violence and communication / Kenneth Baynes -- Limits of legitimation and the question of violence / Bernhard Waldenfels -- The phenomenological redescription of violence / Wojciech Chojna -- Getting even / Elizabeth Wolgast -- The pursuit of ideals / Newton Garver -- Force, violence, and law / Jan Narveson -- Violence, law, and basic rights / Carl Wellman -- Punitive violence and its alternatives / Hugo Adam Bedau -- Crime and punishment / AndreĢ Maury -- Terrorism, rights, and political goals / Virginia Held -- The legitimation of female violence / Lance K. Stell.
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