Counter-Terrorism

The Ethical Issues

Edited by Seumas Miller, Professor of Philosophy, Charles Sturt University, Australia, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands and the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, UK, Adam Henschke, Department of Philosophy, University of Twente and Jonas Feltes, PhD candidate, Department of Values, Technology & Innovation, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

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这本书深刻的提供s an analysis of the central ethical issues that have arisen in combatting global terrorism and, in particular, jihadist terrorist groups, notably Al Qaeda, Islamic State and their affiliates. Chapters explore the theoretical problems that arise in relation to terrorism, such as the definition of terrorism and the concept of collective responsibility, and consider specific ethical issues in counter-terrorism.

‘Counter-Terrorism: The Ethical Issues provides a thorough and systematic introduction into the ethics of counter-terrorism. Drawing on leading experts in the field and aimed at a wider audience, it clarifies the philosophical foundations, covers widely discussed special topics, and expands the debate to so far understudied but nonetheless important legal and moral issues. Combining theoretical and analytical depth with a simultaneous realistic focus on practice, it offers excellent politically relevant scholarship on a pressing issue of our times.’
– Uwe Steinhoff, University of Hong Kong

‘The authors have produced a very welcome and balanced compilation of ideas on how to counter terrorism while taking into account the norms and values of liberal societies. Confronted with European, American and Australian perspectives both practitioners and students of counter-terrorism policies will find useful yardsticks and judgment tools with the help of illuminative concepts such as the web of prevention, standing intentions of terrorists, narrative dominance and the distinction between speech and public communication, whereby ethics is not used to condemn the practitioners but to show them opportunities that will help them to professionalize their approaches.’
– Bob de Graaff, Utrecht University, the Netherlands