Terrorism, Morality, and Supreme Emergency

Coady examines one element in common responses to and fears about terrorism-the idea that it involves innocent victims. This element features in various ways, in many definitional proposals, and in much of the heated debate about the evils of terrorism. Coady argues that terrorism should be condemned with no leeway for exemptions, be they for states, revolutionaries, or religious and ideological zealots of any persuasion.