After the Terror

Ted Honderich

1. 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

2. Natural and Other Morality

Natural morality

More to natural morality, and its inescapability

Worked-out moralities

Libertarianism

Liberalism

The principle of humanity

3. 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

4. The Twin Towers, and Democracy

Oneness in extremity

Definitions of violence

Terrorism defined

Why some say September 11 was wrong

Democracy

Hierarchic democracy

Why September 11 was wrong

5. Our Responsibility, and What to Do

Moral Confidence

Our share in September 11

Capitalism

Our counter-attack

What is to be done

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About the Author

Ted Honderich has been the Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic at University College London, and visiting professor at Yale University, the Graduate Center at CUNY, and Brooklyn College. His books include Philosopher: A Kind of Life; The Oxford Companion to Philosophy; and The Supposed Justifications.

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