A review by cynicalworm
The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror by Michael Ignatieff

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.