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Autore |
Glover Jonathan |
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Titolo |
Humanity [[electronic resource] ] : a moral history of the twentieth century / / Jonathan Glover |
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New Haven, CT, : Yale University Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-59685-7 |
9786613909305 |
0-300-18923-0 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (480 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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History, Modern - 20th century - Moral and ethical aspects |
Humanity |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Renowned moral philosopher Jonathan Glover confronts the brutal history of the twentieth century to unravel the mystery of why so many atrocities occurred. In a new preface, Glover brings the book through the post-9/11 era and into our own time-and asks whether humankind can weaken the grip war has on us. Praise for the first edition:"It is hard to imagine a more important book. Glover makes an overwhelming case for the need to understand our own inhumanity, and reduce or eliminate the ways in which it can express itself-and he then begins the task himself. Humanity is an extraordinary achievement."-Peter Singer, Princeton University"This is an extraordinary book: brilliant, haunting and uniquely important. Almost 40 years ago a president read a best seller and avoided a holocaust. I like to think that some of the leaders and followers of tomorrow will read Humanity."-Steven Pinker, New York Times Book Review |
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