After the Terror: A Book and Further Thoughts |
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Authors: | Ted Honderich |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Philosophy, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK |
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Abstract: | There are great goods desired by all of us, and the lack of themmakes for bad lives. One sample of bad African lives involves aloss of 20 million years of living time. The questions raised bythese and other facts are to be answered by the Principle ofHumanity, about bad lives and rationality. It is superior tomorality of relationship and all else, and in a way is undeniable.The principle together with other things issues in six propositions.One gives us a moral responsibility, our politicians at our head,for the terrorism of September 11. To be ordinary is not to beinnocent. Another proposition is that the Palestinians have a moralright to their terrorism. The latter proposition can be given stillmore support than in the book from which this paper derives. |
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Keywords: | bad lives great goods hierarchic democracy loss of living time morality of relationship Palestinian moral right Principle of Humanity September 11 terrorism |
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