Terrorism And Justice

Since September 11 and the Bali bombings, terrorism has become an urgent subject for policy-makers everywhere. But they and the public are increasingly uncertain of the adequacy of existing intellectual, moral and legal frameworks for dealing with terrorism.


Terrorism and Justice addresses philosophically the moral and political underpinnings of terrorism and anti-terrorism. It brings together authors with different attitudes and original perspectives on ethical and practical justifications for terrorism, and different conceptual frameworks for assessing and justifying responses to terrorism. Some defend the principle that non-combatants ('innocents' or civilians) should be immune form attack; others qualify it; others again argue that traditional distinctions between combatants and non-combatants do not apply in the case of terrorism.