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cynicalworm's review against another edition
3.0
Prescient for having been written in 2003 and somewhat tragic given the electoral failure of the author. An interesting avenue that deserves further exploration is whether societies can handle the truth that Ignatieff urges liberal democracies to recognize: that lesser evils are nonetheless evil. Fifteen years later, we still seem to be polarized by those who refuse to look evil in the eye and those all too glad to stomach it.
harvio's review against another edition
4.0
- from the jacket: "Ignatieff argues that we must not shirk from the use of violence - that far from undermining liberal democracy, force can be necessary for its survival. But its use must be measured, not as a program of torture and revenge. And we must not fool ourselves that whatever we do in the name of freedom and democracy is good. We may need to kill to fight the greater evil of terrorism, but we must never pretend that doing so is anything better than a lesser evil."
cynicalworm's review
3.0
Prescient for having been written in 2003 and somewhat tragic given the electoral failure of the author. An interesting avenue that deserves further exploration is whether societies can handle the truth that Ignatieff urges liberal democracies to recognize: that lesser evils are nonetheless evil. Fifteen years later, we still seem to be polarized by those who refuse to look evil in the eye and those all too glad to stomach it.
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