Terrorism and justice : moral argument in a threatened world / edited by C. A. J. (Tony) Coady and Michael P. O'Keefe.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-139) and index.

Toward a definition of terrorism / Ninian Stephen -- Terrorism, just war and supreme emergency / C.A.J. (Tony) Coady -- Political terrorism as a weapon of the politically powerless / Robert Young -- State terrorism / Igor Primoratz -- Osama bin Laden, terrorism and collective responsibility / Seumas Miller -- Towards liberation: terrorism from a liberation ideology perspective / Aleksandar Pavković -- Jihad and violence: changing understandings of jihad among Muslims / Abdullah Saeed -- Terrorism and the right to wage war / Janna Thompson -- Responding justly to international terrorism / Michael O'Keefe -- A 'war of good against evil' / Raimond Gaita.

This is the first book to address philosophically the moral and political underpinnings of terrorism and anti-terrorism. It brings together authors with different attitudes and original perspectives on attitudes and ethical and practical justifications for terrorism. Terrorism and Justice is the first book to address philosophically the moral and political underpinnings of terrorism and anti-terrorism: it brings together authors with different attitudes and original perspectives on ethical and practical justifications for terrorism, and different conceptual frameworks for assessing and justifying responses to terrorism.