Traditions, values, and humanitarian action / edited by Kevin M. Cahill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cahill, Kevin M.

Series:

International humanitarian affairs 1541-7409 ; no. 3.

International humanitarian affairs, 1541-7409 ; no. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disaster relief.

Humanitarian assistance.

Physical Description:

xxii, 466 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press and The Center for International Health and Cooperation, 2003.

Summary:

This third volume in the pioneering series International Humanitarian Affairs goes beyond the practical and programmatic to address fundamental questions at the heart of humanitarian actions. How do different religious, cultural, and social systems and the values they support shape humanitarian action? What are the bases of caring societies? Are there universal values for human well-being? And how should humanitarian aid professionals incorporate these understandings and beliefs in their work? Here, a distinguished group of international experts from diverse religious traditions, from the academy, the media, diplomacy, the military, medicine, and humanitarian relief organizations come face to face with the assumptions that guide humanitarian action -- assumptions about human dignity, social justice, and the proper role of efforts to rescue and repair communities in crisis. The nineteen original essays explore the mandates for humanitarian action in religious traditions and the codes of conduct that guide the media, military, medicine, and the academy in dealing with relief efforts. They also explore the threats to human welfare from terrorism, torture, gender exploitation, and even the unintended consequences of humanitarian action itself. International law, the media, and the politics of civil society are critically assessed in the context of a new world of war, conflict, and strife.

Contents:

Christianity and humanitarian action / Avery Cardinal Dulles

For the sake of my kin and friends : traditions, values, and humanitarian action in Judaism / Harlan J. Wechsler

Strategies for disagreement / H.R.H. Prince El Hassan bin Talal

The world of the Dinka : a portrait of a threatened culture / Francis Mading Deng

Military values and traditions / Timothy Cross

The academy and humanitarian action / Joseph A. O'Hare

Is any news good news? / Tom Brokaw

Human rights and the making of a good doctor / Eoin O'Brien

Immigration in Europe : promise or peril? / Jan Eliasson

Torture / Timothy W. Harding

Terrorism : the concept / Paul Wilkinson

Terrorism : theory and reality / Larry Hollingworth

Gender exploitation / Nancy Ely-Raphel

Balancing national security and civil liberties / John D. Feerick

Disregarding the Geneva Conventions on the protection of war victims / Michel Veuthey

Media : prism or mirror / Edward Mortimer

International migration : at the boiling point / Kathleen Newland

Government responses to fault lines / Peter Tarnoff

Reviving global civil society after September 11 / Richard Falk.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

082322287X

0823222888

OCLC:

51985015