Terrorism

Igor Primoratz is Professor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and Principal Research Fellow, at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne. He is the author of Justifying Legal Punishment, Ethics and Sex, and numerous papers in moral, political, and legal philosophy, and editor of Human Sexuality and Patriotism.

'We are fighting it, so we may as well understand what it is!...Anyone remotely interested in the post- 9/11 world will find something worthwhile in this thought-provoking volume.' - TheThirdWay.org 'Terrorism: The Philosophical Issues offers insight into many of the important philosophical issues surrounding terrorism. The author draws on a number of disciplines including sociology, psychology, and history to help clarify matters of terrorism that defy simle definitions and categorization.' - Jason C. Robinson, The European Legacy '...an excellent example of applied philosophy, in which philosophical theory and empirical research are brought into mutually illuminating contact.' - Andrew Alexandra, The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly

• Introduction Acknowledgements PART I: DEFINITIONS Defining Terrorism; C.A.J.Coady What is Terrorism?; I.Primoratz PART II: JUSTIFICATIONS A Defense of the 'Red Terror'; L.Trotsky The Burdens of Terrorism: N.Fotion Political Terrorism as a Weapon of the Politically Powerless; R.Young Terrorism, Rights and Political Goals; V.Held Terrorism, Morality and Supreme Emergency; C.A.J.Coady How Can Terrorism Be Justified?; U.Steinhoff PART III: STATE TERRORISM State Terrorism and Counterterrorism; I.Primoratz The Evolution of the Modern Terrorist State; D.Lackey PART IV: CASE STUDIES Terror Bombing of German Cities in World War II; S.A.Garrett Terrorism in Northern Ireland; P.Simpson Terrorism in the Israeli-Arab Conflict; T.Kapitan The Catastrophe of September 11 and its Aftermath; B.M.Leiser Bibliography Index