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Women in the Crossfire seeks to understand the practice of honor killing from a variety of cultural and disciplinary perspectives and analyzes empirical research on honor killing, including a large original study published here for the first time. The book examines the root causes of honor killing both in human psychology and cultural evolution, and it recommends specific measures for protecting potential victims and ending honor killingaltogether.

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Women in the Crossfire seeks to understand the practice of honor killing from a variety of cultural and disciplinary perspectives and analyzes empirical research on honor killing, including a large original study published here for the first time. The book examines the root causes of honor killing both in human psychology and cultural evolution, and it recommends specific measures for protecting potential victims and ending honor killingaltogether.
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Robert Paul Churchill served as Elton Professor of Philosophy at George Washington University, chair of the department of philosophy, and director of the peace studies program. Author of numerous works on human rights, ethics, moral psychology, and public policy, he was president of Concerned Philosophers for Peace and the American Society for Value Inquiry. Churchill was also a founder of the Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World which he directed for eight years.