TY - BOOK ID - 77920471 TI - Torture, terrorism, and the use of violence PY - 2008 SN - 1282043196 9786612043192 1443802913 9781443802918 1847188311 9781443800235 9781443802932 1282029916 9781282029910 9786612029912 6612029919 144380293X 9781847188311 9781282043190 6612043199 PB - Newcastle Cambridge Scholars DB - UniCat KW - Terrorism and globalization. KW - Violence -- Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Violence -- Philosophy. KW - Terrorism KW - Violence KW - Nihilism (Philosophy) KW - Philosophy KW - Violent behavior KW - Social psychology KW - Philosophy. KW - Political aspects. KW - Political philosophy. Social philosophy KW - Moral and ethical aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77920471 AB - This volume brings together new and innovative work on questions of violence--and in particular on the moral and political questions surrounding torture and terrorism. Each essay contributes to our understanding of the limits and scope of violence, and how we might appropriately respond to it, in the context of concrete concerns. Questions include: is torture ever justified? How are we to understand terrorism? Should we believe the claim that torture is sometimes necessary? Is conscientious o... ER -