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The Provisional Irish Republican Army and the morality of terrorism /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shanahan, Timothy, 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2009]
Colección:UPSO - Edinburgh University Press E-Books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The meaning of August 1969: calibrating the standard Republican narrative
  • Blood sacrifice and destiny: republican metaphysics and the IRA's armed struggle
  • Republicanism's Holy Grail: 'one nation united, Gaelic and free'
  • Permission to kill: just war theory and the IRA's armed struggle
  • 'Pointless heartbreak unrepaid': consequentialism and the IRA's armed struggle
  • Violating the inviolable: human rights and the IRA's armed struggle
  • 'Crime is crime is crime': British counter-terrorism in Northern Ireland
  • 'When the law makers are the law breakers': state terrorism.