The terrorist threat remains a disturbing issue for the early
1990s. This book explores whether terrorism can ever be morally
justifiable and if so under what circumstances.Professor Burleigh
Taylor Wilkins suggests that the popular characterisation of
terrorists as criminals fails to acknowledge the reasons why
terrorists resort to violence. It is argued that terrorism cannot
be adequately understood unless the collective responsibility of
organised groups, such as political states, for wrongs allegedly
done against the groups which the terrorists represent is taken
into account. Terrorism and Collective Responsibility provides an
analysis of various models of collective responsibility, and it
takes into account recent discussions of military responsibility
and business ethics. The book also explores the problems that
terrorism poses for the just war tradition.The arguments of
prominent philosophers against terrorism are critically examined
and the claim that terrorism necessarily violates the rights of
innocent persons is considered. Wilkins sets forth an original
definition of terrorism that is sure to provoke controversy.
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