Morality and Political Violence

Political violence in the form of wars insurgencies terrorism and violent rebellion constitutes a major human challenge today as it has so often in the past. It is not only a challenge to life and limb but also to morality itself. In this book C. A. J. Coady brings a philosophical and ethical perspective to the subject. He places the problems of war and political violence in the frame of reflective ethics. In clear and accessible language Coady reexamines a range of urgent problems pertinent to political violence against the background of a contemporary approach to just war thinking.