Ethics in an Age of Terror and Genocide: Identity and Moral Choice, Kristen Renwick Monroe (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012), xiii + 437 pp., hardcover 75.00/£52.00, paperback 35.00/£24.95, e-book available
On pages 250–52 (and again at 301–304) the author tells the story of this work, which is the latest in a series of volumes exploring the psychology of moral choice. Earlier works focused on altruism, and thus on the behavior of rescuers; here, the focus is broader, so rescuers are compared with byst...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2012
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2012, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 508-510 |
| Review of: | Ethics in an age of terror and genocide (Princeton [u.a.] : Princeton Univ. Press, 2012) (Kelsay, John)
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| Summary: | On pages 250–52 (and again at 301–304) the author tells the story of this work, which is the latest in a series of volumes exploring the psychology of moral choice. Earlier works focused on altruism, and thus on the behavior of rescuers; here, the focus is broader, so rescuers are compared with bystanders and those who collaborate in or provide support for genocide. The examples are taken from the Holocaust, though there are references throughout to other cases of genocide. Since the author's goal is to construct a general theory concerning the interaction between identity and moral choice, this broader set of cases is important. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcs068 |