Cruelty or humanity challenges, opportunities and responsibilities.

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Stuart Rees exposes politicians' fascination with cruelty in their deliberations about policies. Through empirical analysis, human stories and poetic commentary, he identifies non-destructive exercise of power, courageous public action and compelling humanitarian alternatives as the key to achi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rees, Stuart
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Place of publication not identified] POLICY Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Cruelty > Government policy.
Human rights.
Political ethics.
Cruauté > Politique gouvernementale.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Morale politique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights.
Human rights
Political ethics
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front cover
  • Halftitle Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • List of poets and poems
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Introduction: towards a theory
  • 1. Perpetrators and victims
  • 2. Values, attitudes, behaviour
  • 3. Explaining causes
  • 4. Cruelty as policy
  • 5. Humanitarian alternatives
  • 6. Cruel or compassionate world?
  • 7. Humanity on a bonfire
  • 8. Language for humanity
  • References
  • Select bibliography
  • Index
  • Back cover

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