After the Terror / / Ted Honderich.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Honderich, Ted,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (160 p.)

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748616688);'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 TerrorThis 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 FeaturesA serious work of philosophy that looks at the moral issues in the aftermath of September 11thWritten by a famous philosopher who is widely publishedA courageous, sceptical book that asks tough questions and makes us think about our valuesWritten with passion, conviction and honesty"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. GOOD LIVES, BAD LIVES -- 2. NATURAL AND OTHER MORALITY -- 3. DID WE WRONG THEM? DO WE WRONG THEM? -- 4. THE TWIN TOWERS, AND DEMOCRACY -- 5. OUR RESPONSIBILITY, AND WHAT TO DO -- 6. LATER THOUGHTS ON TERRORISM FOR HUMANITY -- UNRUEFUL POSTSCRIPT -- Index