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Genocide and human rights : a philosophical guide a philosophical guide / edited by John K. Roth. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. - xxi, 352 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references p. (334-340) and index.

Prologue : Philosophy and genocide / John K. Roth -- pt. 1. The problem of evil : how does genocide affect philosophy? / John K. Roth. The evil in genocide / Berel Lang ; Rights, morality, and faith in the light of the Holocaust / Sander Lee ; How should genocide affect philosophy? / Frederick Sontag ; Genocide, despair, and religious hope : an essay on human nature / Stephen T. Davis ; The Holocaust and language / D.Z. Phillips ; Genocide, evil, and injustice : competing hells / Thomas W. Simon -- pt. 2. Innocent or guilty? Philosophy's involvement in genocide / John K. Roth. The doctorhood of genocide / Colin Tatz ; The philosophical warrant for genocide / David Patterson ; The rational constitution of evil : reflections on Franz Baermann Steiner's critique of philosophy / Michael Mack ; Epistemic conditions for genocide / Emmanuel C. Eze ; Genocide and the totalizing philosopher : a Levinasian analysis / Leonard Grob ; Why do the happy inhabitants of Tahiti bother to exist at all? / Robert Bernasconi -- pt. 3. Will genocide ever end? Genocide's challenge to philosophy / John K. Roth. Refocusing genocide : a philosophical responsibility / Raimond Gaita ; Genocide and crimes against humanity / Norman Geras ; Innocence, genocide, and suicide bombings / Laurence M. Thomas ; Beyond the affectations of philosophy / James R. Watson ; The warring logics of genocide / Edith Wyschogrod ; Philosophy's obligation to the human being in the aftermath of genocide / Paul C. Santilli -- pt. 4. Resistance, responsibility, and human rights : philosophy's response to genocide / John K. Roth. Genocide and social death / Claudia Card ; Genocide and the "logic" of racism / John K. Roth ; The right to life, genocide, and the problem of bystander states / David H. Jones ; Repudiating inhumanity : cosmopolitan justice and the obligation to prosecute human rights atrocities / Patrick Hayden ; "The human material is too weak" / Roger S. Gottlieb ; Virtue ethics, mass killing, and hatred / Paul Woodruff ; Shame, the Holocaust, and dark times / Michael L. Morgan -- Epilogue : "After? ... Meaning what?" / John K. Roth.

ISBN: 1403935475 (cloth) 9781403935472 (cloth)

LCCN: 2005046340

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA521006 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013130190 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Genocide--Philosophy.
Human rights--Philosophy.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Philosophie
Philosophy--Social aspects.

LC Class. No.: HV6322 / .G45

Dewey Class. No.: 179.7