The Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Morality of Terrorism
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- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
26 March 2009
Summary
Is terrorism ever morally justified? How should historical and cultural factors be taken into account in judging the morality of terrorist acts? What are the ethical limits of state counter-terrorism?For three decades the Provisional Irish Republican Army waged an ‘armed struggle’ against what it considered to be the British occupation of Northern Ireland. To its supporters, the IRA was the legitimate army of Ireland, fighting to force a British withdrawal as a prelude to the re-unificatio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780748635306 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0748635300 |
| Author: | Timothy Shanahan |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 26 March 2009 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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Critics Review
“This work will be of strong interest to students of ethics in international relations… Highly recommended.” – Choice
‘By far the most cogent critical analysis of the Irish Republican movement I have read, written from a position as close to impartiality as we are likely to get.’ – Ian McBride, King’s College London ‘By far the most cogent critical analysis of the Irish Republican movement I have read, written from a position as close to impartiality as we are likely to get.’
About The Author
Timothy Shanahan
Timothy Shanahan is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University, CA. He is author of Reason and Insight: Western and Eastern Perspectives on the Pursuit of Moral Wisdom (2003) and The Evolution of Darwinism: Selection, Adaptation and Progress in Evolutionary Biology (2004), and editor of Philosophy 9⁄11: Thinking about the War on Terrorism (2005).
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