Humanity : a moral history of the twentieth century / Jonathan Glover.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glover, Jonathan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Modern--20th century--Moral and ethical aspects.

History, Modern.

Humanity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Renowned moral philosopher Jonathan Glover confronts the brutal history of the twentieth century to unravel the mystery of why so many atrocities occurred. In a new preface, Glover brings the book through the post-9/11 era and into our own time-and asks whether humankind can weaken the grip war has on us. Praise for the first edition:"It is hard to imagine a more important book. Glover makes an overwhelming case for the need to understand our own inhumanity, and reduce or eliminate the ways in which it can express itself-and he then begins the task himself. Humanity is an extraordinary achievement."-Peter Singer, Princeton University"This is an extraordinary book: brilliant, haunting and uniquely important. Almost 40 years ago a president read a best seller and avoided a holocaust. I like to think that some of the leaders and followers of tomorrow will read Humanity."-Steven Pinker, New York Times Book Review

Contents:

Pt. 1: Ethics without the moral law

Pt. 2: The moral psychology of waging war

Pt. 3: Tribalism

Pt. 4: War as a trap

Pt. 5: Belief and terror: Stalin and his heirs

Pt. 6: The will to create mankind anew: The Nazi experiment

Pt. 7: On the recent moral history of humanity.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-59685-7

9786613909305

0-300-18923-0

OCLC:

923600920