RT Review
T1 Response to Michael Sells
JF Journal of religious ethics
VO 43
IS 4
SP 761
OP 765
A1 Green, Ronald Michael 1942-
LA English
YR 2015
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1580182941
AB In an era when lies and misrepresentations about historical events easily become firmly rooted, Michael Sells's discussion illustrates the importance of careful historical research as a moral enterprise. In addition to the skills of the historian, however, there is also room in this enterprise for those of the ethicist. In particular, I warn against confusing the truth or falsity of claims about one narrow historical period with larger questions about the moral meaning and significance of those claims. Illustrating this, I argue one cannot assess the legitimacy of competing nationhood claims solely on the basis of the deeds of specific actors. Nor should the actions of a single individual like the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem be converted into a totalizing claim about the rights of the Palestinian people.
K1 Holocaust
K1 Islam
K1 HISTORICAL research
K1 Moral Judgment
K1 Rezension
DO 10.1111/jore.12120