Genocide and Human Rights: A Philosophical Guide

by John K. Roth

Book Overview

Genocide is evil or nothing could be. It raises a host of questions about humanity, rights, justice, and reality, which are key areas of concern for philosophy. Strangely, however, philosophers have tended to ignore genocide. Even more problematic, philosophy and philosophers bear more responsibility for genocide than they have usually admitted. In Genocide and Human Rights: A Philosophical Guide, an international group of twenty-five contemporary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403935475
• ISBN13: 9781403935472
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.8"