The Hand of Compassion: Portraits of Moral Choice During the Holocaust

by Kristen Renwick Monroe

Book Overview

Through 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691127735
• ISBN13: 9780691127736
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.8"