The Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Morality of Terrorism /

The Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Morality of Terrorism / / Timothy Shanahan.

Show other versions (1)

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748635306');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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
VerfasserIn:
Shanahan, Timothy,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2008
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 16 B/W illustrations
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Plates
  • Acknowledgements
  • Prologue
  • 1. The Meaning of August 1969: Calibrating the Standard Republican Narrative
  • 2. Blood Sacrifice and Destiny: Republican Metaphysics and the IRA’s Armed Struggle
  • 3. Republicanism’s Holy Grail: ‘One Nation United, Gaelic and Free’
  • 4. Permission to Kill: Just War Theory and the IRA’s Armed Struggle
  • 5. ‘Pointless Heartbreak Unrepaid’: Consequentialism and the IRA’s Armed Struggle
  • 6. Violating the Inviolable: Human Rights and the IRA’s Armed Struggle
  • 7. ‘Crime is Crime is Crime’: British Counter-Terrorism in Northern Ireland
  • 8. ‘When the Law Makers are the Law Breakers’: State Terrorism
  • Epilogue
  • Endnotes
  • References
  • Index

Similar Items