Ethics in an age of terror and genocide : identity and moral choice

Ethics in an age of terror and genocide : identity and moral choice /

What causes genocide? Why do some stand by, doing nothing, while others risk their lives to help the persecuted? Ethics in an Age of Terror and Genocide analyzes riveting interviews with bystanders, Nazi supporters, and rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust to lay bare critical psychological forces...

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Main Author: Monroe, Kristen Renwick, 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2012.
Series:Pt. 1. the puzzle -- Introduction -- The Holocaust and genocide -- Pt. 2. a study in contrasts -- Tony : rescuer -- Beatrix : bystander -- Kurt : soldier for the nazis -- Fritz : Nazi propagandist -- Florentine : unrepentant political Nazi -- Pt. 3. cracking the code -- The political psychology of genocide -- A theory of moral choice -- Conclusion : the psychology of difference
Subjects:
Terrorism > Moral and ethical aspects.
Terrorism > Moral and ethical aspects > Case studies.
Genocide > Moral and ethical aspects.
Genocide > Moral and ethical aspects > Case studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
Genocide > Moral and ethical aspects
Terrorism > Moral and ethical aspects
Ethik
Politische Verfolgung
Judenvernichtung
Völkermord
Electronic books.
Case studies
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. the puzzle
  • Introduction
  • The Holocaust and genocide
  • pt. 2. a study in contrasts
  • Tony : rescuer
  • Beatrix : bystander
  • Kurt : soldier for the nazis
  • Fritz : Nazi propagandist
  • Florentine : unrepentant political Nazi
  • pt. 3. cracking the code
  • The political psychology of genocide
  • A theory of moral choice
  • Conclusion : the psychology of difference.

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