Ethics in an Age of Terror and Genocide: Identity and Moral Choice

by Kristen Renwick Monroe

Book Overview

The significance of identity and psychology in determining moral choice

What causes genocide? Why do some stand by, doing nothing, while others risk their lives to help the persecuted? Ethics in an Age of Terror and Genocide analyzes riveting interviews with bystanders, Nazi supporters, and rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust to lay bare critical psychological forces operating during genocide. Monroe's insightful examination...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691151431
• ISBN13: 9780691151434
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"