Liberty in the age of terror : a defence of civil liberties and enlightenment values
To defend 'freedom and democracy', Western governments attack and diminish freedom and democracy in their own country. By this logic, someone will eventually have to invade the US and UK to restore freedom and democracy to them.' This book sets out what's at risk
1 online resource (225 pages)
9781408810903, 1408810905
745906306
Preface
Acknowledgments
Foreword
PART I. DEFENDING LIBERTIES. 1. Liberty and terrorism
2. Compromising liberty
3. Why liberty matters
4. Identity and identities
5. Equality and justice
6. Civil liberties in the West
7. Free speech and censorship
8. Free speech and civil liberties
9. Tolerance
10. The "War on Terror"
11. Combating terrorism
12. Surveillance and identity
13. Identity for sale
14. Privacy
15. Democracy
16. We the people
17. Civil liberties and human rights
PART II. DEBATES. 18. Liberty and enlightenment values
19. Isaiah Berlin and liberty
20. Ronald Dworkin and liberty
21. Roger Scruton and sentimental reaction
22. John Gray and the pose of pessimism
23. Slavoj Zizek and the inversion of values
24. John Ralson Saul and Voltaire's bastards
25. Tzvetan Todorov: hope and the good
26. HIstory and progress in the twentieth century
27. Justice at last?
Appendix 1: Laws and measures that have reduced civil liberties in the United Kingdom and the United States in recent years
Appendix 2: (a) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Appendix 2: (b) The European Convention on Human Rights
Appendix 2: (c) The Human Rights Act
A note on the author