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Humanity : a moral history of the twentieth century

Glover, Jonathan

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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 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.

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Subject: History, Modern 21st century Moral and ethical aspects. / Ethics, Modern 21st century. / War Moral and ethical aspects. / War History 20th century. / Humanity History 20th century. / Atrocities History 20th century.
• ISBN: 9780300186406, 0300186401

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
D204.G56 2012	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE