Humanity Terrorism Terrorist War

With large questions of right and wrong there is a division of labour. So with the attack on three subway trains and a bus in London on July 7 2005. Of what moral relevance if any was the fact that the British army had been engaged in the killing of greatly more of a people with whom the terrorists identified? Of what relevance as a newspaper article asked a week later was the fact that the British prime minister put his own people at risk in the service of a foreign power? So begins Ted Honderich''s intelligent and thoughtful analysis in Terrorism and Humanity. What Honderich says will doubtless cause a great deal of controversy too (his last book on this subject was initially banned in Germany on the grounds it was anti-Semitic only to be re-published by a Jewish press). However his views will also be acceptable to a great many Jews (he puts forward arguments to justify the founding of Israel and its secure perpetual existence). Looking in detail at the situation in Palestine 9/11 the war in Iraq and the events of 7/7 Ted Honderich offers neither a sensationalist rant nor an academic treatise. Instead Terrorism and Humanity provides a thoughtful and perceptive exploration of the biggest issue facing the western world today.