Philosophy 9/11
Subtitle: thinking about the war on terrorism
By: edited by Timothy Shanahan.
Contributors: Shanahan, Timothy, 1960-
Publisher: Open Court
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780812695823
Subjects: Terrorism -- Philosophy -- Congresses; War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Philosophy nine eleven; Philosophy nine one one
Notes: Revisions of papers presented at a conference held at Loyola Marymount University, Sept. 11-13, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Timothy Shanahan; title: What is distinctive about terrorism, and what are the philosophical implications? / Michael Baur; title: A taxonomy of terrorism / Liam Harte; title: On what is the war on terror? / Simon Keller; title: Terrorism as a technological concept : how low versus high technology defines terrorism and dictates our responses / Phillip McReynolds; title: Defusing fear : a critical response to the war on terrorism / Andrew Fiala; title: Physical violence in political conflicts : grounds for a strong presumption against violence / Trudy Govier; title: Just war theory, legitimate authority, and the "war" on terror / Lorraine Besser-Jones; title: Moral justification for violent responses to terrorism / Brett Kessler; title: The moral consequences of preemptive strikes and preventive war / Richard C. Anderson; title: Targeted killing / Daniel Statman; title: Legitimate combatancy, POW status, and terrorism / Michael W. Brough; title: Nothing new under the sun at Guantanamo Bay : precedent and prisoners of war / Pauline M. Kaurin; title: Terrorism and torture / Fritz Allhoff; title: Torture interrogation of terrorists : a theory of exceptions (with notes, cautions, and warnings) / William D. Casebeer.