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In the eye of the hurricane : tales of good and evil, help and harm / Philip Hallie ; with an epilogue by Doris A. Hallie and an afterword by John J. Compton.
Van Pelt Library BJ1286.A6 H35 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hallie, Philip P. (Philip Paul)
- Standardized Title:
- Tales of good and evil, help and harm
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Altruism--Case studies.
- Altruism.
- Applied ethics.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 245 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First Wesleyan paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- Eleven accessible tales explore the ethical motives of three real-life heroes.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Living in the Hurricane
- Stars and Stories
- The Cockroach Building
- Magda and the Great Virtues
- The Eye of the Hurricane
- Decent Killers
- An Apology to My Mother
- A PAUSE
- Victims in Wonderland
- Part 2 The Hurricane in Nature
- Venus and Aeneas
- Thoreau's Walk on the Wild Side
- The Pelican
- The Hands of Joshua James
- Kaetchen in Middletown.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Tales of good and evil, help and harm. San Francisco : HarperCollins, 1997.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0819564591
- OCLC:
- 46640815
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