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基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2002. Asks why the events of September 11th were wrong and what terrorism tells us about ourselves and our moral obligations.
Full Description
'To be on an airliner and look around and see the people and be able to stick to the plan of flying it into a skyscraper is to be hideous, and to persist if they come to know the plan is to be monstrous.' 'For the 3,000 deaths there are lines of responsibility into the past, as real as chains of command, containing earlier and later perpetrators. We in our democracies are in them, and in particular those of us who have got themselves into our governments.' After The Terror This philosophical and moral reflection describes two worlds - ours of good lives and another of bad lives - and questions our complicity in allowing the bad lives to happen. With what morality are we to think of this? And of September 11th, and about our counter-attack, and what to do now? After the Terror is not moral philosophy detached from reality. It enquires into the 'natural fact' of morality and the worked-out moralities of philosophers. It reaches to the moral core of our lives. Ted Honderich asks why the events of September 11th were wrong and what terrorism tells us about ourselves and our obligations. He does not respect the moral confidence of our leaders and others.
He defends a morality of humanity that requires us to think about our lives, and to act up against our democratic governments. Features: *A serious work of philosophy that looks at the moral issues in the aftermath of September 11th *Written by a famous philosopher who is widely published *A courageous, sceptical book that asks tough questions and makes us think about our values *Written with passion, conviction and honesty
Contents
CHAPTER ONE: GOOD LIVES, BAD LIVES; Living Longer; Other Great Goods; Half-Lives and Under-Fives; Necessary Inquiry; Less than Half-Lives, and a Reason; Reassuring Ourselves; Quarter-Lives; Larger Numbers; Great Goods Again?; More Reassurance?; Not an Omission; CHAPTER TWO: NATURAL AND OTHER MORALITY; Natural Morality; More to Natural Morality, and Its Inescapability; Worked-Out Moralities; Libertarianism; Liberalism; The Principle of Humanity; CHAPTER THREE: DID WE WRONG THEM? DO WE WRONG THEM?; Political Realism; A Morality of Relationship; A General Distinction, and a Mystery; Libertarianism, Liberalism, Humanity Again; Acts and Omissions; Causes and Conditions; Good Intentions; Another Hope, and a Conclusion or Two; CHAPTER FOUR: THE TWIN TOWERS, AND DEMOCRACY; Oneness in Extremity; Definitions of Violence; Terrorism Defined; Why Some Say It Was Wrong; Democracy; Hierarchic Democracy; Why September 11 Was Wrong; CHAPTER FIVE: OUR RESPONSIBILITY, AND WHAT TO DO; Moral Confidence; Our Share in September 11; Capitalism; Our Counter-Attack; What Is To Be Done.
