The Concept of Violence

This study focuses on conceptual questions that arise when we explore the fundamental aspects of violence. Rather than attempting to develop a fixed definition of violence, Vorobej explores the varied dimensions of the phenomenon of violence and the questions they raise, addressing the criteria of harm, agency, victimhood, instrumentality, and normativity.

Mark Vorobej is a former Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, and a former Director of the Centre for Peace Studies at McMaster University. He is the author of A Theory of Argument (Cambridge University Press, 2006) and numerous articles in the areas of logical theory and moral philosophy.

Preface. 1. Interpersonal Violence 2. Structural Violence 3. A Hybrid Account