LEADER 04775nam 2200697 450 001 9910818187003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-691-11863-9 010 $a1-4008-4957-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400849574 035 $a(CKB)2550000001136172 035 $a(EBL)1441385 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001159742 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11634813 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001159742 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11115030 035 $a(PQKB)11488326 035 $a(OCoLC)899045208 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37203 035 $a(DE-B1597)447061 035 $a(OCoLC)861200107 035 $a(OCoLC)979632715 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400849574 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1441385 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10783694 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL535875 035 $a(OCoLC)862362895 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1441385 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001136172 100 $a20040113h20042004 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe hand of compassion $eportraits of moral choice during the Holocaust /$fKristen Renwick Monroe 205 $aCourse Book 210 1$aPrinceton, NJ :$cPrinceton University Press,$d[2004] 210 4$dİ2004 215 $a1 online resource (382 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-12773-5 311 $a1-306-04624-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [331]-353) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tStories That Are True -- $t1. Margot -- $t2. Otto -- $t3. John -- $t4. Irene -- $t5. Knud -- $t6. The Complexity of the Moral Life and the Power of Identity to Influence Choice -- $t7. How Identity and Perspective Led to Moral Choice -- $t8. What Makes People Help Others: Constructing Moral Theory -- $tA Different Way of Seeing Things -- $tAPPENDIX A. Narratives as Windows on the Minds of Others -- $tAPPENDIX B. Finding the Rescuers -- $tNOTES -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tINDEX 330 $aThrough 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 explanations--such as religion or reason--but to identity. The rescuers' perceptions of themselves in relation to others made their extraordinary acts spontaneous and left the rescuers no choice but to act. To turn away Jews was, for them, literally unimaginable. In the words of one German Czech rescuer, "The hand of compassion was faster than the calculus of reason." At the heart of this unusual book are interviews with the rescuers, complex human beings from all parts of the Third Reich and all walks of life: Margot, a wealthy German who saved Jews while in exile in Holland; Otto, a German living in Prague who saved more than 100 Jews and provides surprising information about the plot to kill Hitler; John, a Dutchman on the Gestapo's "Most Wanted List"; Irene, a Polish student who hid eighteen Jews in the home of the German major for whom she was keeping house; and Knud, a Danish wartime policeman who took part in the extraordinary rescue of 85 percent of his country's Jews. We listen as the rescuers themselves tell the stories of their lives and their efforts to save Jews. Monroe's analysis of these stories draws on philosophy, ethics, and political psychology to suggest why and how identity constrains our choices, both cognitively and ethically. Her work offers a powerful counterpoint to conventional arguments about rational choice and a valuable addition to the literature on ethics and moral psychology. It is a dramatic illumination of the power of identity to shape our most basic political acts, including our treatment of others. But always Monroe returns us to the rescuers, to their strong voices, reminding us that the Holocaust need not have happened and revealing the minds of the ethically exemplary as they negotiated the moral quicksand that was the Holocaust. 606 $aRighteous Gentiles in the Holocaust 606 $aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aAltruism$xSocial aspects 615 0$aRighteous Gentiles in the Holocaust. 615 0$aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aAltruism$xSocial aspects. 676 $a172/.1 700 $aMonroe$b Kristen R.$f1946-$01601004 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818187003321 996 $aThe hand of compassion$93924400 997 $aUNINA