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- catalog abstract "The twentieth century was the most brutal in human history, featuring a litany of shameful events that includes the Holocaust, Hiroshima, the Stalinist era, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, and Rwanda. This important book looks at the politics of our times and the roots of human nature to discover why so many atrocities were perpetuated and how we can create a social environment to prevent their recurrence. Jonathan Glover finds similarities in the psychology of those who perpetuate, collaborate in, and are complicit with atrocities, uncovering some disturbing common elements--tribal hatred, blind adherence to ideology, diminished personal responsibility--as well as characteristics unique to each situation. Acknowledging that human nature has a dark and destructive side, he proposes that we encourage the development of a political and personal moral imagination that will compel us to refrain from and protest all acts of cruelty.".
- catalog contributor b11921124.
- catalog created "c1999, 2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c1999, 2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999, 2000.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-447) and index.".
- catalog description "Pt. 1: Ethics without the moral law -- Pt. 2: The moral psychology of waging war -- Pt. 3: Tribalism -- Pt. 4: War as a trap -- Pt. 5: Belief and terror: Stalin and his heirs -- Pt. 6: The will to create mankind anew: The Nazi experiment -- Pt. 7: On the recent moral history of humanity.".
- catalog description "The twentieth century was the most brutal in human history, featuring a litany of shameful events that includes the Holocaust, Hiroshima, the Stalinist era, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, and Rwanda. This important book looks at the politics of our times and the roots of human nature to discover why so many atrocities were perpetuated and how we can create a social environment to prevent their recurrence. Jonathan Glover finds similarities in the psychology of those who perpetuate, collaborate in, and are complicit with atrocities, uncovering some disturbing common elements--tribal hatred, blind adherence to ideology, diminished personal responsibility--as well as characteristics unique to each situation. Acknowledging that human nature has a dark and destructive side, he proposes that we encourage the development of a political and personal moral imagination that will compel us to refrain from and protest all acts of cruelty.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 464 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0300087004 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Power and Morality Collection at Harvard Business School bak".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c1999, 2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven, CT : Yale University Press,".
- catalog subject "909.82 21".
- catalog subject "D204 .G56 2000".
- catalog subject "History, Modern 20th century Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog subject "Political ethics History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Pt. 1: Ethics without the moral law -- Pt. 2: The moral psychology of waging war -- Pt. 3: Tribalism -- Pt. 4: War as a trap -- Pt. 5: Belief and terror: Stalin and his heirs -- Pt. 6: The will to create mankind anew: The Nazi experiment -- Pt. 7: On the recent moral history of humanity.".
- catalog title "Humanity : a moral history of the twentieth century / Jonathan Glover.".
- catalog type "text".