Liberty in the age of terror
Subtitle: a defence of civil society and enlightenment values
By: A.C. Grayling
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9781408802427
Subjects: Liberty; Civil society; Terrorism; Prevention
Description: To defend 'freedom and democracy', Western governments attack and diminish freedom and democracy in their own country. By this logic, someone will eventually have to invade the US and UK to restore freedom and democracy to them.' In this lucid and timely book Grayling sets out what's at risk, engages with the arguments for and against examining the cases made by Isaiah Berlin and Ronald Dworkin on the one hand, and Roger Scruton and John Gray on the other, and finally proposes a different way to respond that makes defending the civil liberties on which western society is founded the cornerstone for defeating terrorism.