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Must we fight terrorism with terror, match assassination with assassination, and torture with torture? Must we sacrifice civil liberty to protect public safety? In the age of terrorism, the temptations of ruthlessness can be overwhelming. But we are pulled in the other direction too by the anxiety that a violent response to violence makes us morally indistinguishable from our enemies. There is perhaps no greater political challenge today than trying to win the war against terror without losing our democratic souls. Michael Ignatieff confronts this challenge head-on, with the combination of hard-headed idealism, historical sensitivity, and political judgment that has made him one of the most influential voices in international affairs today. Ignatieff argues that we must not shrink from the use of violence--that far from undermining liberal democracy, force can be necessary for its survival. But its use must be measured, not a program of torture and revenge. And we must not fool ourselves that whatever we do in the name of freedom and democracy is good. We may need to kill to fight the greater evil of terrorism, but we must never pretend that doing so is anything better than a lesser evil. In making this case, Ignatieff traces the modern history of terrorism and counter-terrorism, from the nihilists of Czarist Russia and the militias of Weimar Germany to the IRA and the unprecedented menace of Al Qaeda, with its suicidal agents bent on mass destruction. He shows how the most potent response to terror has been force, decisive and direct, but--just as important--restrained. The public scrutiny and political ethics that motivate restraint also give democracy its strongest weapon: the moral power to endure when the furies of vengeance and hatred are spent. The book is based on the Gifford Lectures delivered at the University of Edinburgh in 2003.

Political ethics --- Terrorism --- Democracy --- Morale politique --- Terrorisme --- Démocratie --- Démocratie --- International relations --- Acts of terrorism --- Attacks, Terrorist --- Global terrorism --- International terrorism --- Political terrorism --- Terror attacks --- Terrorist acts --- Terrorist attacks --- World terrorism --- Direct action --- Insurgency --- Political crimes and offenses --- Subversive activities --- Political violence --- Terror --- Ethics, Political --- Ethics in government --- Government ethics --- Political science --- Politics, Practical --- Ethics --- Civics --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Political ethics. --- Terrorism. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Accountability. --- Al-Qaeda. --- Appeasement. --- Assassination. --- Authoritarianism. --- Civil disobedience. --- Civil liberties. --- Civilian. --- Clandestine cell system. --- Coercion. --- Colonialism. --- Complicity. --- Consent of the governed. --- Consideration. --- Counter-terrorism. --- Crime. --- Criticism. --- Cruel and unusual punishment. --- Declaration of war. --- Deliberation. --- Democracy. --- Derogation. --- Dictatorship. --- Dirty War. --- Due process. --- Enemy combatant. --- Equal Protection Clause. --- Extrajudicial killing. --- Extremism. --- Failed state. --- Fellow traveller. --- Forced disappearance. --- Freedom of speech. --- Habeas corpus. --- Impunity. --- Individualism. --- Institution. --- Intelligence agency. --- International Atomic Energy Agency. --- International human rights law. --- International law. --- Internment. --- Interrogation. --- Intimidation. --- Judiciary. --- Law of war. --- Legislation. --- Legislature. --- Legitimacy (political). --- Liberal democracy. --- Liberalism. --- Michael Walzer. --- Military dictatorship. --- National security. --- Necessity. --- Nonviolence. --- Nonviolent resistance. --- Nuclear weapon. --- Obedience (human behavior). --- Osama bin Laden. --- Patriot Act. --- Perfidy. --- Political strategy. --- Political violence. --- Politician. --- Politics. --- Politique. --- Precedent. --- Precommitment. --- Preemptive war. --- Prerogative. --- Pretext. --- Princeton University Press. --- Proscription. --- Public policy. --- Public security. --- Racism. --- Reprisal. --- Rogue state. --- Royal prerogative. --- Rule of law. --- Saddam Hussein. --- Search and seizure. --- Security forces. --- Self-determination. --- Separation of powers. --- State of emergency. --- Suicide attack. --- Superiority (short story). --- Targeted killing. --- The Public Interest. --- Torture. --- Totalitarianism. --- Tyranny of the majority. --- Uncertainty. --- United Nations Convention against Torture. --- War. --- Weapon of mass destruction. --- Westphalian sovereignty.

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A Dominican-born academic tells the story of how the Great Books transformed his life—and why they have the power to speak to people of all backgroundsWhat is the value of a liberal education? Traditionally characterized by a rigorous engagement with the classics of Western thought and literature, this approach to education is all but extinct in American universities, replaced by flexible distribution requirements and ever-narrower academic specialization. Many academics attack the very idea of a Western canon as chauvinistic, while the general public increasingly doubts the value of the humanities. In Rescuing Socrates, Dominican-born American academic Roosevelt Montás tells the story of how a liberal education transformed his life, and offers an intimate account of the relevance of the Great Books today, especially to members of historically marginalized communities.Montás emigrated from the Dominican Republic to Queens, New York, when he was twelve and encountered the Western classics as an undergraduate in Columbia University’s renowned Core Curriculum, one of America’s last remaining Great Books programs. The experience changed his life and determined his career—he went on to earn a PhD in English and comparative literature, serve as director of Columbia’s Center for the Core Curriculum, and start a Great Books program for low-income high school students who aspire to be the first in their families to attend college.Weaving together memoir and literary reflection, Rescuing Socrates describes how four authors—Plato, Augustine, Freud, and Gandhi—had a profound impact on Montás’s life. In doing so, the book drives home what it’s like to experience a liberal education—and why it can still remake lives.

Yachting. --- Sailing. --- Pilot guides. --- Nautical charts. --- Pilot guides --- Nautical charts --- Sailing --- Yachting --- South Australia. --- Books and reading --- Education, Humanistic --- United States --- Intellectual life. --- Canon (Literature) --- Learning and scholarship. --- Sociological aspects.. --- History and criticism. --- Montás, Roosevelt --- Books and reading. --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Choice of books --- Evaluation of literature --- Literature --- Reading, Choice of --- Reading and books --- Reading habits --- Reading public --- Reading --- Reading interests --- Reading promotion --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- Adoption. --- Africa. --- Analogy. --- Archival research. --- Aristotle. --- British subject. --- Bullshit. --- Celibacy. --- Censure. --- Charles Darwin. --- Circular reasoning. --- Civil disobedience. --- Classroom. --- Concept. --- Connotation. --- Conscience. --- Consciousness. --- Consent of the governed. --- Conspiracy theory. --- Core Curriculum (Columbia College). --- Criticism. --- Crito. --- Curfew. --- Curriculum. --- Disgust. --- Doomsday cult. --- Economics. --- Education. --- Emma Goldman. --- Ethnic group. --- Eudaimonia. --- Far-right politics. --- Free association (psychology). --- Friedrich Nietzsche. --- Graduate school. --- Great books. --- Health insurance. --- Hostos Community College. --- Humanities. --- Ignorance. --- Individual psychology. --- Institution. --- Intellect. --- Intelligentsia. --- International student. --- Irony. --- Jacques Barzun. --- Jean-Martin Charcot. --- Justification (theology). --- Lecture. --- Liberal arts education. --- Liberal democracy. --- Liberal education. --- Literature. --- Macbeth. --- Mahadev Desai. --- Mahatma Gandhi. --- Masculinity. --- Motivation. --- New Space (Uruguay). --- Nonviolence. --- Of Education. --- Originality. --- Philosophy. --- Physicist. --- Piety. --- Pontius Pilate. --- Popularity. --- Privilege (social inequality). --- Proselytism. --- Psychoanalysis. --- Psychologist. --- Psychology. --- Radicalization. --- Religion in South Africa. --- Religion. --- Religious experience. --- Renunciation. --- Resentment. --- Scholarship. --- Secondary education. --- Secular humanism. --- Self-concept. --- Self-denial. --- Self-knowledge (psychology). --- Social contract. --- Spiritual autobiography. --- Spirituality. --- Symptom. --- The Islamist. --- The Wealth of Nations. --- Thought. --- Thucydides. --- To This Day. --- Towel. --- Transcendentalism. --- Universalism. --- Untouchability. --- Wakefulness. --- Yale Law School.

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This book is comprised of essays previously published in Philosophy & Public Affairs and also an extended excerpt from Michael Walzer's Just and Unjust Wars.

International relations --- War --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Ad hominem. --- Aggression. --- Attempt. --- Authoritarianism. --- Blackmail. --- Calculation. --- Casus belli. --- Civil disobedience. --- Civilian. --- Combatant. --- Consent of the governed. --- Consideration. --- Conventional weapon. --- Conventionalism. --- Counterforce. --- Crime against peace. --- Crime. --- Criticism. --- Declaration of war. --- Defensive war. --- Demobilization. --- Deterrence (legal). --- Disarmament. --- Divine law. --- Dr. Strangelove. --- Duress. --- Ethical dilemma. --- Externality. --- God. --- Great power. --- Heresy. --- Heteronomy. --- Hostility. --- Humanitarian intervention. --- Impasse. --- Impunity. --- Insurgency. --- International law. --- International relations. --- Jus ad bellum. --- Just war theory. --- Law of war. --- Moral blindness. --- Moral skepticism. --- Morality. --- Mutual assured destruction. --- Necessity. --- Non-interventionism. --- Nuclear blackmail. --- Nuclear disarmament. --- Nuclear warfare. --- Nuclear weapon. --- Pacifism. --- Peace treaty. --- Philosopher. --- Philosophy. --- Political alienation. --- Politics Among Nations. --- Power politics. --- Pre-emptive nuclear strike. --- Preemptive war. --- Preventive war. --- Probability. --- Realism (international relations). --- Reprisal. --- Requirement. --- Result. --- Right of self-defense. --- Rights. --- Robert Nozick. --- Secession. --- Second strike. --- Security dilemma. --- Self-defense. --- Self-determination. --- Skepticism. --- Slavery. --- Sovereignty. --- Soviet Union. --- State of nature. --- Subversion. --- Superiority (short story). --- Territorial integrity. --- The Realist. --- Theodicy. --- Theory. --- Thomas Hobbes. --- Torture. --- Trade barrier. --- Trade war. --- Treaty. --- Unilateral disarmament. --- Unilateralism. --- Unstated assumption. --- Utilitarianism. --- War of aggression. --- War. --- Warfare. --- Westphalian sovereignty. --- Wickedness.