State Violence and Moral Horror

by Jeremy Arnold

Can state violence ever be morally justified? In State Violence and Moral Horror, Jeremy Arnold critically engages a wide variety of arguments, both canonical and contemporary, arguing that there can be no justification. Drawing on the concept of singularity found in the work of French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, Arnold demonstrates that any attempt to justify state violence will itself be violent and, therefore, must fail as a justification...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438466757
• ISBN13: 9781438466750
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"