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Genocide and Human Rights: A Philosophical Guide

By John K. Roth (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2005
ISBN
978-1-4039-3548-9, 978-0-230-55483-2
DOI
10.1057/9780230554832
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1207562 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XXI, 352\373
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
Equality and Human Rights; Human RightsEthics; Moral Philosophy; Philosophy of the Social

Description

Genocide is evil or nothing could be. It raises a host of questions about humanity, rights, justice, and reality, which are key areas of concern for philosophy. Strangely, however, philosophers have tended to ignore genocide. Even more problematic, philosophy and philosophers bear more responsibility for genocide than they have usually admitted. In Genocide and Human Rights: A Philosophical Guide, an international group of twenty-five contemporary philosophers work to correct those deficiencies by showing how philosophy can and should respond to genocide, particularly in ways that defend human rights.

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