General Information

Author/Creator

Weizman, Eyal.

Language

English.

Published

London ; New York : Verso, 2011.

Physical Description

viii, 196 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.

Contents/Summary

Summary

The principle of the lesser evil -- the acceptability of pursuing one exceptional course of action in order to prevent a greater injustice -- has long been a cornerstone of Western ethical philosophy. From its roots in classical ethics and Christian theology, to Hannah Arendt's exploration of the work of the Jewish Councils during the Nazi regime, the author explores its development in three key transformations of the problem: the defining intervention of Medecins Sans Frontisres in mid-1980s in Ethiopia ; the separation wall in Israel-Palestine ; and international and human rights law in Bosnia, Gaza and Iraq. Drawing on a wealth of new research, the author charts the latest manifestation of this age-old idea. In doing so he shows how military and political intervention acquired a new humanitarian acceptability and legality in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

Subjects

Subject

Political ethics.

Humanitarian assistance > Political aspects.

International relations.

Political violence > Moral and ethical aspects.

Multinational armed forces > Moral and ethical aspects.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Eyal Weizman.

ISBN

9781844676477

1844676471

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	172 WEI		Reference	-

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