The Hand of Compassion : Portraits of Moral Choice during the Holocaust

Through moving interviews with five ordinary people who rescued Jews during the Holocaust, Kristen Monroe casts new light on a question at the heart of ethics: Why do people risk their lives for strangers and what drives such moral choice? Monroe's analysis points not to traditional explanation...
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Monroe, Kristen Renwick [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Book

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press ; 2006

©2006

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Schlagwörter:

Altruism, Social aspects

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Moral and ethical aspects

Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust

Philosophie.

Altruism

Ethics.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.

HISTORY

POLITICAL SCIENCE

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies

Umfang:

1 online resource(384p.)

Reproduktion:

2006

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ISBN:

978-1-4008-4957-4

DOI / URN:

10.1515/9781400849574

Katalog-ID:

821478524

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