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The Lesser Evil

The Lesser Evil

The Lesser Evil
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by Michael Ignatieff

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Edinburgh University Press , pp. 224 1st Edition . Papeback. New.
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  • Title The Lesser Evil
  • Author Michael Ignatieff
  • Binding Papeback
  • Edition New
  • Condition New
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Edinburgh University Press
  • Publication date pp. 224 1st Edition
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 647993453
  • ISBN 9780748622245 / 0748622241
  • Weight 0.71 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Category Politics / Current Events
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005432705
  • Dewey Decimal Code 172.4
  • Quantity available 3

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From the publisher

Must we fight terrorism with terror and torture with torture? Must we sacrifice civil liberty to protect public safety?In the age of terrorism Michael Ignatieff argues that we must not shrink from the use of violence. But its use - in a liberal democracy - must be measured. And we must not fool ourselves that whatever we do in the name of freedom and democracy is good. We may need to kill to fight the greater evil of terrorism, but we must never pretend that doing so is anything better than a lesser evil.In making this case, Ignatieff traces the modern history of terrorism and counter-terrorism, from the nihilists of Czarist Russia and the militias of Weimar Germany to the IRA and the unprecedented menace of Al Qaeda. He shows how the most potent response to terror has been force, decisive and direct, yet restrained. The public scrutiny and political ethics that motivate restraint also give democracy its strongest weapon: the moral power to endure when vengeance and hatred are spent.

First line

What lesser evils may a society commit when it believes it faces the greater evil of its own destruction?

About the author

Michael Ignatieff is Carr Professor and Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at The Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

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