Victims and Values: A History and a Theory of Suffering

by Joseph A. Amato

Book Overview

Victims and Values joins history and ethics, conducting a timely inquiry into conscience and politics. Mindful of William James's notion that ethics must be grounded in the historical situation, this book examines fundamental ambiquities, dichotomies, and contradictions that we experience about the worth of our own suffering and that of others. In particular, it analyzes how victims make a powerful claim upon contemporary conscience and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313259038
• ISBN13: 9780313259036
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"