The failures of ethics : confronting the Holocaust, genocide, and other mass atrocities /

Defined by deliberation about the difference between right and wrong, encouragement not to be indifferent toward that difference, resistance against what is wrong, and action in support of what is right, ethics is civilisation's keystone. This book concentrates on the multiple shortfalls and sh...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Roth, John K.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Defined by deliberation about the difference between right and wrong, encouragement not to be indifferent toward that difference, resistance against what is wrong, and action in support of what is right, ethics is civilisation's keystone. This book concentrates on the multiple shortfalls and shortcomings of thought, decision, and action that tempt and incite us human beings to inflict incalculable harm.
Umfang:
1 online resource (267 pages).
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-179266-7
Schlagworte:
Ethics > Moral and ethical aspects.
Genocide > Moral and ethical aspects.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Moral and ethical aspects.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Ethics
Philosophy
Philosophy & Religion
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