298 Pages
by
Routledge
298 Pages
by
Routledge
298 Pages
by
Routledge
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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? In the century of Nazism, ethical writing in English had much more to say about the meaning of the word `good` than about the material reality of evil. This book seeks to redress the balance at the... Read more
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
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Eve Garrard, Geoffrey Scarre
'This volume will serve as a valuable supplementary text in courses on moral reasoning and Holocaust studies.' Religious Studies Review
