After the Terror

Ted Honderich

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2002

After the Terror

Ted Honderich

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780585443652

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About this book

'To be on an airliner and look around and see the people and be able to stick to the plan of flying it into a skyscraper is to be hideous, and to persist if they come to know the plan is to be monstrous.'

'For the 3,000 deaths there are lines of responsibility into the past, as real as chains of command, containing earlier and later perpetrators. We in our democracies are in them, and in particular those of us who have got themselves into our governments.'

After The Terror

This philosophical and moral reflection describes two worlds - ours of good lives and another of bad lives - and questions our complicity in allowing the bad lives to happen. With what morality are we to think of this? And of September 11th, and about our counter-attack, and what to do now?

After the Terror is not moral philosophy detached from reality. It enquires into the 'natural fact' of morality and the worked-out moralities of philosophers. It reaches to the moral core of our lives. Ted Honderich asks why the events of September 11th were wrong and what terrorism tells us about ourselves and our obligations. He does not respect the moral confidence of our leaders and others. He defends a morality of humanity that requires us to think about our lives, and to act up against our democratic governments.

Key Features

A serious work of philosophy that looks at the moral issues in the aftermath of September 11th
Written by a famous philosopher who is widely published
A courageous, sceptical book that asks tough questions and makes us think about our values
Written with passion, conviction and honesty

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
1. GOOD LIVES, BAD LIVES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. NATURAL AND OTHER MORALITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
3. DID WE WRONG THEM? DO WE WRONG THEM? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
4. THE TWIN TOWERS, AND DEMOCRACY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
5. OUR RESPONSIBILITY, AND WHAT TO DO Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
6. LATER THOUGHTS ON TERRORISM FOR HUMANITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
UNRUEFUL POSTSCRIPT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 160
Keywords: Philosophy

eBook

Published: August 6, 2002
ISBN: 9780585443652