Eve Garrard, Geoffrey Scarre

Moral Philosophy and the Holocaust

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Produktbeschreibung

How far can we ever hope to understand the Holocaust? What can we reasonably say about right and wrong, moral responsibility, praise and blame, in a world where ordinary reasons seem to be excluded? This book draws together new work by leading moral philosophers to present a wide range of perspectives on the Holocaust. Contributors focus on themes of central importance, including: moral responsibility for genocide; the moral uniqueness of the Holocaust; responding to extreme evil; the role of ideology; the moral psychology of perpetrators and victims of genocide; forgiveness and the Holocaust; and the impact of the `Final Solution` on subsequent culture. Topics are treated with the precision and rigour characteristic of analytic philosophy. Scholars, teachers and students with an interest in moral theory, applied ethics, genocide and Holocaust studies will find this book of particular value, as will all those seeking greater insight into ethical issues surrounding Nazism, race-hatred and intolerance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9780754614159
• ISBN-10: 0754614158
• Artikelnr.: 47775930

Autorenporträt

Eve Garrard, Geoffrey Scarre

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Eve Garrard and Geoffrey Scarre; Philosophy's contribution to Holocaust studies
Berel Lang; Ideology
moral complicity and the Holocaust
David E. Cooper; In a class of its own?
Norman Geras; Knowledge
history and the Holocaust
Tom Rockmore; Persons of lesser value: moral argument and the 'Final Solution'
Hillel Steiner; Perpetrator motivation: some reflections on the Browning/Goldhagen debate
Nick Zangwill; Moral responsibility and the Holocaust
Geoffrey Scarre; Four types of mass murderer: Stalin
Hitler
Churchill
Truman
Douglas P. Lackey; Is limited altruism morally wrong?
Michael Freeman; Harming some to save others from the Nazis
Frances M. Kamm; Tragic decisions: removing Jewish children from their Christian guardians in post-war Europe
Daniel Statman; Forgiving the unforgivable?
Laurence Thomas; Forgiveness and the Holocaust
Eve Garrard; The Holocaust and the possibility of art
Oliver Leaman; The Holocaust in American Life as a moral