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June 3rd, 2020

From the vaults: Is Political Violence Ever Justified?

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Estimated reading time: 10 minutes

Forum for Philosophy

June 3rd, 2020

From the vaults: Is Political Violence Ever Justified?

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Estimated reading time: 10 minutes

Maeve Cooke/ Kimberley Hutchings

 


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Does political violence ever achieve its long-term goals or does it simply perpetuate violence? Are some types of political violence more rational, ethical, or justifiable than others? Is there always a clear line between resistance and political violence? In an era in which international relations have been transformed by globalization and new technologies, and terrorism has become the paradigm of political violence, do we need new ways of understanding and classifying political violence in the twenty-first century?

 

Speakers
Kimberley Hutchings
Professor of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary, University of London
Maeve Cooke
Professor of Philosophy, UCD

Chair
Danielle Sands
Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway, University of London & Fellow, Forum for Philosophy

 

Recorded on 1 December 2015 at the LSE

 

 

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