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Israel, Palestine and terror / edited by Stephen Law.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: London ; New York : Continuum, c2008.Description: viii, 226 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780826497932 (hbk.)
  • 0826497934 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.325095694
LOC classification:
  • 439 DS 119.76 I85 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Terrorisms in Palestine / Ted Honderich -- Terror / Tomis Kapitan -- The morality of Palestinian terrorism / Timothy Shanahan -- Killing the innocent / Richard Norman -- Terrorism in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Igor Primoratz -- Terrorism and justice : some useful truisms / Noam Chomsky -- Terror in Palestine : a non-violent alternative? / Stephen Law -- Casting the first stone : who can, and who can't, condemn the terrorists / Gerald Cohen -- Murder and morality : Professor Honderich on Israel and the Palestinians / Ardon Lyon -- Terror and expected collateral damage : the case for moral equivalence / Michael Neumann -- In a world of uneasy virtue / William L. McBride -- Talk and terror : the value of just-war arguments in the context of terror / Patrick Riordan -- Territory and terrorism in Israel / Tamar Meisels -- Cosmopolitanism in a time of terror / Sharon Anderson-Gold -- Tricks of memory : Auschwitz and the question of Palestinian terrorism / Brian Klug.
Summary: "This book brings together the thoughts of 15 leading philosophers on one of the most important political and cultural crises of our time." "Many of us are beginning to realize the extent to which terrorism and the Israel/Palestine conflict - and the ways in which we handle then - are likely to be determining factors in shaping the West of the future. This short and accessible book introduces the key issues from a philosophical perspective."--BOOK JACKET.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 439 DS 119.76 I85 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000102800

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Terrorisms in Palestine / Ted Honderich -- Terror / Tomis Kapitan -- The morality of Palestinian terrorism / Timothy Shanahan -- Killing the innocent / Richard Norman -- Terrorism in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Igor Primoratz -- Terrorism and justice : some useful truisms / Noam Chomsky -- Terror in Palestine : a non-violent alternative? / Stephen Law -- Casting the first stone : who can, and who can't, condemn the terrorists / Gerald Cohen -- Murder and morality : Professor Honderich on Israel and the Palestinians / Ardon Lyon -- Terror and expected collateral damage : the case for moral equivalence / Michael Neumann -- In a world of uneasy virtue / William L. McBride -- Talk and terror : the value of just-war arguments in the context of terror / Patrick Riordan -- Territory and terrorism in Israel / Tamar Meisels -- Cosmopolitanism in a time of terror / Sharon Anderson-Gold -- Tricks of memory : Auschwitz and the question of Palestinian terrorism / Brian Klug.

"This book brings together the thoughts of 15 leading philosophers on one of the most important political and cultural crises of our time." "Many of us are beginning to realize the extent to which terrorism and the Israel/Palestine conflict - and the ways in which we handle then - are likely to be determining factors in shaping the West of the future. This short and accessible book introduces the key issues from a philosophical perspective."--BOOK JACKET.

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