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Civil Liberties, National Security and Prospects for Consensus: Legal, Philosophical and Religious Perspectives
Contributor(s): Reed, Esther D. (Editor), Dumper, Michael (Editor)
ISBN: 1107471168     ISBN-13: 9781107471160
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $39.89  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Law | Civil Rights
- Political Science | Human Rights
Dewey: 342.085
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6" W x 9" (0.84 lbs) 282 pages
 
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The idea of security has recently seen a surge of interest from political philosophers. After the atrocities of 11 September 2001 and 7 July 2005, many leading politicians justified encroachments on international legal standards and civil liberties in the name of security and with a view to protecting the rights of the people. Suggestions were made on both sides of the Atlantic to the effect that the extremism of terrorism required the security of the many to be weighed against the liberties of other citizens. In this collection of essays, Jeremy Waldron, Conor Gearty, Tariq Modood, David Novak, Abdelwahab El-Affendi and others debate how to move beyond the false dichotomy whereby fundamental human rights and international standards are conceived as something to be balanced against security. They also examine the claim that this aim might better be advanced by the inclusion in public debate of explicitly religious voices.

Contributor Bio(s): Dumper, Michael: - Michael Dumper is Professor in Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter.Reed, Esther D.: - Esther D. Reed is Associate Professor of Theological Ethics and Director of the Network for Religion in Public Life at the University of Exeter.