The Hand of Compassion : Portraits of Moral Choice during the Holocaust /

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Through moving interviews with five ordinary people who rescued Jews during the Holocaust, Kristen Monroe casts new light on a question at the heart of ethics: Why do people risk their lives for strangers and what drives such moral choice? Monroe's analysis points not to traditional explanation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Monroe, Kristen Renwick, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
Ethics.
Altruism > Social aspects.
HISTORY > Holocaust.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Altruisme > Aspect social.
Holocauste, 1939-1945 > Aspect moral.
Justes de toutes les nations pendant l'Holocauste.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Moral and ethical aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Stories That Are True
  • 1. Margot
  • 2. Otto
  • 3. John
  • 4. Irene
  • 5. Knud
  • 6. The Complexity of the Moral Life and the Power of Identity to Influence Choice
  • 7. How Identity and Perspective Led to Moral Choice
  • 8. What Makes People Help Others: Constructing Moral Theory
  • A Different Way of Seeing Things
  • APPENDIX A. Narratives as Windows on the Minds of Others
  • APPENDIX B. Finding the Rescuers
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX.

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