Moral Responsibility in the Holocaust: A Study in the Ethics of Character
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Book Overview
This book goes beyond historical and psychological explanations of the Holocaust to directly address the moral responsibility of individuals involved in it. While defending the view that individuals caught up in large-scale historical events like the Holocaust are still responsible for their choices, he provides the philosophical tools needed to assess the responsibility, both negative and positive, of perpetrators, accomplices, bystanders, victims, helpers and rescuers. This book will be an important addition to courses on the Holocaust in social and political philosophy, history, religion, and applied ethics.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0847692671
ISBN13:9780847692675
Release Date:March 1999
Publisher:Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
Length:272 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Jones has produced an enormously important work in lucid, tight prose and clear, strong argumentation. Lay readers will find this a highly accessible step into what Raul Hilberg calls "the thicket of ethics." Much food for thought here; without sappy moralizing, Jones calls on the reader to do some hard thinking.
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