Fighting Terror ：Ethical Dilemmas ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：Ethical Dilemmas

Publication series ：1

Author： Bellamy Alex

Publisher： Zed Books‎

Publication year： 2009

E-ISBN: 9781848133624

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781842779682

Subject： D8 Diplomacy, International Relations

Keyword：外交、国际关系

Language： ENG

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Description

Analyses the ethical dilemmas that confront people in the war on terror. Arguing that this is as much a war of ideas as it is a military struggle, this title argues that fighting morally is important in distancing the terrorized from the terrorists.

Chapter

Preface

Introduction

1 Ethics and war: an oxymoron?

Realism

Pacifism

Neoconservatism

Reciprocity

The value of ethics

What type of ethics?

Conclusion

2 What’s wrong with terrorism?

What is terrorism?

A moral definition of terrorism

Justifications of terrorism

Conclusion

3 A just war on terror?

The jus ad bellum test

A just cause?

A proportionate war?

Conclusion

4 Is pre-emption legitimate?

Self-defence in the just war tradition

Pre-empting terrorism?

Yemen

Iraq

Conclusion

5 May we torture ticking-bomb terrorists?

The legal and moral prohibition

The case for torture

The ticking-bomb terrorist

Conclusion

6 What comes next?

The minimalist approach

The maximalist approach

Just peace in the war on terror

Conclusion

Notes

Introduction and chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Index

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