The Lesser Evil

Author: Michael Ignatieff

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In the age of terrorism Michael Ignatieff argues that we must not shrink from the use of violence. But its use - in a liberal democracy - must be measured.

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Michael Ignatieff is Carr Professor and Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at The Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

1. Political Ethics in an Age of Terror; 2. The Strength of the Weak; 3. The Weakness of the Strong; 4. The Ethics of Emergency; 5. The Temptations of Nihilism; 6. The Usefulness of Ethics.