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 of these
moving--and disturbing--interviews underscores the significance of
identity for moral choice.
Monroe finds that self-image and identity--especially the sense
of self in relation to others--determine and delineate our choice
options, not just morally but cognitively. She introduces the
concept of moral salience to explain how we establish a critical
psychological relationship with others, classifying individuals in
need as "people just like us" or reducing them to strangers
perceived as different, threatening, or even beyond the boundaries
of our concern. Monroe explicates the psychological dehumanization
that is a prerequisite for genocide and uses her knowledge of human
behavior during the Holocaust to develop a broader theory of moral
choice, one applicable to other forms of ethnic, religious, racial,
and sectarian prejudice, aggression, and violence. Her book fills a
long-standing void in ethics and suggests that identity is more
fundamental than reasoning in our treatment of others.
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