Philosophical Perspectives on the War on Terrorism

Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION /Gail M. Presbey -- THE NEW REIGN OF TERROR: THE POLITICS OF DEFINING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND TERRORISM /William C. Gay -- ENFORCED HOMOGENEITY OR MUTUAL DIFFERENCE? LUCE IRIGARAY, THE WAR ON TERRORISM, AND INTERNATIONAL PEACE /Jennifer L. Eagan -- RESPONSIBILITY AND/IN CRISIS /Dianna Taylor -- JIHAD OR THE BELOVED COMMUNITY? BENJAMIN R. BARBER ON TERRORISM AND GLOBAL DEMOCRACY /Mar Peter-Raoul -- VIOLENCE, POWER, AND IDENTITY: WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS OF TERRORISM? /Richard Peterson -- CRISIS, TERROR, AND TYRANNY: ON THE ANTI-DEMOCRATIC LOGIC OF EMPIRE /Peter Amato -- BUSH'S NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY: A CRITIQUE OF UNITED STATES' NEO-IMPERIALISM /William C. Gay -- WOULD THE UNITED STATES DOCTRINE OF PREVENTIVE WAR BE JUSTIFIED AS A UNITED NATIONS DOCTRINE? /Harry van der Linden -- IS THE UNITED STATES-LED OCCUPATION OF IRAQ PART OF THE "WAR ON TERROR"? /Gail M. Presbey -- THE MORTAL GOD TO WHICH WE OWE OUR PEACE AND DEFENSE /D. R. Koukal -- CONSEQUENTIALISM, NEGATIVE RESPONSIBILITY, AND SACRIFICE: MORAL DILEMMAS POSED BY THE POSTSEPTEMBER 11TH "SHOOTDOWN" POLICY /Edward J. Grippe -- JESSICA LYNCH: MULTIPLE IMAGES, MULTIPLE REALITIES /Laura Duhan Kaplan -- RUSSIA, CHECHNYA, AND THE GLOBAL WAR AGAINST TERRORISM /Oidinposha Imamkhodjaeva -- ETHICS OF TERRORISM AND THE CASE OF COLOMBIA /Joseph C. Kunkel -- TERRORISM AND DETERRENT VIOLENCE: A CRITIQUE OF ISRAEL'S JUSTIFICATION OF MILITARY VIOLENCE /Rob Gildert -- THE ROLE OF CENTRAL ASIA IN THE "WAR AGAINST TERRORISM" /Oidinposha Imamkhodjaeva -- SECURING HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH WAR AND PEACE: FROM PARADOX TO OPPORTUNITY /Harry Anastasiou and Robert Gould -- DILEMMAS OF INTERVENTION: HUMAN RIGHTS AND NEO-COLONIALISM /Richard Peterson -- WAR AND PEACE IN CHRISTIAN TRADITION: WHY I AM AN ENGAGED CHRISTIAN PACIFIST /John David Geib -- EMMANUEL LEVINAS: FROM "INNOCENT VIOLENCES" TO THE ETHICAL "JUST WAR" /Wendy C. Hamblet -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INDEX -- VIBS.