Ethics During and After the Holocaust - In the Shadow of Birkenau (Paperback, New edition)

Questions shape the Holocaust's legacy. 'What happened to ethics during the Holocaust? What should ethics be, and what can it do after the Holocaust?' loom large among them. Absent the overriding or moral sensibilities, if not the collapse or collaboration of ethical traditions, the Holocaust could not have happened. Its devastation may have deepened conviction that there is a crucial difference between right and wrong; its destruction may have renewed awareness about the importance of ethical standards and conduct. But Birkenau, the main killing center at Auschwitz, also continues to cast a disturbing shadow over basic beliefs concerning right and wrong, human rights, and the hope that human beings will learn from the past. This book explores those realities and the issues they contain. It does so not to discourage but to encourage, not to deepen darkness and despair but to face those realities honestly and in a way that can make post-Holocaust ethics more credible and realistic. The book's thesis is that nothing human, natural or divine guarantees respect for the ethical values and commitments that are most needed in contemporary human existence, but nothing is more important than our commitment to defend them, for they remain as fundamental as they are fragile, as precious as they are endangered.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	J. Roth
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	225
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-3378-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust Books > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	1-4039-3378-2
Barcode:	9781403933782

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