01737cam a2200205 a 4500008004100000020001500041020001800056050002400074100001900098245007400117260004600191300001500237490004400252505016600296505001700462518001500479520094100494650004201435650005401477121115s2013    gw       b    000 0 eng d  a940076006X  a978940076006600aHV6431bW447 T 20131 aWellman, Carl.10aTerrorism and counterterrorism :ba moral assessment /cCarl Wellman.  aDordrecht ;aNew York :bSpringer,cc2013  avi, 132 p.1 aSpringer Briefs in law,x2192-855X ;v90 aWhat is terrorism? -- Why is terrorism wrong? -- How could terrorism be justified? -- International responses -- State responses -- Moral limits on state action.0 aHKBU library  aYT2025 M10  a"This book presents a definition of terrorism that is broad and descriptive and much needed to prevent misunderstanding. The book identifies the features that make terrorism 'wrong', including coerciveness, the violation of rights and undermining of trust. Next, it evaluates reasons given for terrorism such as the protection of human rights and the liberation of oppressed groups as not normally justified. Following this, the book identifies and evaluates international responses to terrorism, taking into account General Assembly and Security Council resolutions, United Nations conventions and criminalization in international law. It also looks at national responses which often take the shape of surveillance, detention, interrogation, trials, targeted killings, intrusion and invasion. Finally, the book discusses how, if at all, the moral norms of personal morality apply to the actions of nation states."--Publisher's website. 0aTerrorismxMoral and ethical aspects. 0aTerrorismxPreventionxMoral and ethical aspects.