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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/786123249 Title: The least of all possible evils : humanitarian violence from Arendt to Gaza Author: Eyal Weizman Publisher: London ; New York : Verso, 2011. ISBN/ISSN: 9781844676477 1844676471 9781786632739 178663273X OCLC:786123249

  
  

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The least of all possible evils : humanitarian violence from Arendt to Gaza

Author:	Eyal Weizman
Publisher:	London ; New York : Verso, 2011.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	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, the author explores its development in three key transformations of the problem: the defining intervention of Medecins Sans Frontisres in mid-1980s in 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, the author 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.--Publisher description.  Read more...
Subjects	Political ethics. Political violence -- Moral and ethical aspects. Multinational armed forces -- Moral and ethical aspects. View all subjects
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