LEADER 02374cam a2200433Ma 4500001 9511753 005 20151111201148.0 008 111129s2011 enka b 001 0 eng 003 hubpceuo 020 9781844676477 (hardback) 020 1844676471 (hardback) 024 40021040685 035 (OCoLC)ocn786123249 035 (OCoLC)786123249 035 (NNC)9511753 040 AU@ |beng |cAU@ |dNhCcYBP 050 4 JA79 |b.W45 2011 082 04 172 |223 100 1 Weizman, Eyal. 242 |yEnglish 245 14 The least of all possible evils : |bhumanitarian violence from Arendt to Gaza / |cEyal Weizman. 260 London ;New York : |bVerso, |c2011. 300 viii, 196 p. : |bcol. ill. ; |c22 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 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. 650 0 Political ethics. 650 0 Humanitarian assistance |xPolitical aspects. 650 0 International relations. 650 0 Political violence |xMoral and ethical aspects. 650 0 Multinational armed forces |xMoral and ethical aspects. 900 AUTH 942 |2ddc |cBK 948 1 20120629 |bc |cybp22 |dMPS 949 |i0071532200 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6172_000000000000000_WEI |70 |8REF |925186OSA |bOSA |d2014-04-04 |eOSA |l0 |o172 WEI |r2014-04-04 |w2014-04-04 |yBK |cReference 920 01 2XbJPlXz 992 01 172_000000000000000_WEI |bYSX_ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ_3LH 966 |cIn the Research Room