… Lesser Evil is a strikingly readable rumination on the ethical challenge of our time: How can
a liberal democracy survive the long struggle against terror … His answer is a profound moral …

… the war on terrorism will necessitate choosing lesser evils to … argues that the necessary lesser
evils, in some circumstances, … lesser evil, especially if apparently necessary to avert WMD …

… to react to terrorism. The gist … evil, even if justified under certain circumstances. We must,
therefore, at all times, including in our struggles against terrorism, always choose the lesser evil. …

… of principles will end in a slippery slope, from lesser evil to greater. Since a war on terror
will sometimes require an ethic of the lesser evil, per Ignatieff, rather than a purer ethic, we will …

… ethics of the lesser evil leaves us paralyzed. So we will preserve our ethics by protecting the
rights of terrorists … Our ethical integrity will be cold comfort to the victims’ families and friends. …

… fighting terrorism in a … lesser evil are more persuasive as a defense of the opposite thesis.
For example, invoking Machiavelli’s claim that conventional morality may produce bad political …

… threat of terrorism will require embracing a new set of lesser evils, … In moral psychology, the
purpose of the lesser evil approach is to focus the mind on the fact that even lesser evil is evil, …

… Michael Ignatieff's account of lesser evil ethics begins with the … As Ignatieff puts it, ‘it
would be a lesser evil than allowing … dirty hands and lesser evils. According to the former, …

… to the values ofopenness and freedom and counter the devastating effects of terrorism.
Ignatieff's answer, the so-called lesser evil, is that rights can be temporarily limited in the name …

… a ruthless war against terrorism, "the lesser evil," that could … lesser evil," the difficulty is in
defining that in Iraq. The Bush administration turned to the idea of war in Iraq after the terrorist …