Norman Geras discusses a central aspect of the experience of the Holocaust with a view to exploring its most important... Læs mere
New edition of Norman Geras's classic essays
The author focuses on the figure of the bystander, from the destruction of Jews in Europe, as well as to more recent atrocities, to consider the moral consequences of looking on without active response at persecution and great suffering.
This study examines with the work of Richard Rorty - a proponent of human, radical liberalism - to explore the paradoxes of a philosophy which rejects any determinate view of human nature. It deals with questions of importance to ethical philosophy.
This is an accessible and informative guide to the evolution of the concept of crimes against humanity- a hugely influential concept which has had a marked impact on modern international politics, law and ethics. -- .