Description: The Least of All Possible EvilsA Short History of Humanitarian Violence Author(s): Eyal Weizman Format: Paperback Publisher: Verso Books, United Kingdom Imprint: Verso Books ISBN-13: 9781786632739, 978-1786632739 Synopsis 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, Weizman explores its development in three key transformations of the problem: the defining intervention of Medecins Sans Frontieres in mid-1980s 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, Weizman 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.
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Book Title: The Least of All Possible Evils
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Name: The Least of All Possible Evils: a Short History of Humanitarian Violence
Language: English
Publisher: Verso Books
Item Height: 210 mm
Subject: Politics
Publication Year: 2017
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 367 g
Author: Eyal Weizman
Item Width: 140 mm
Format: Paperback
