The Politics of Humanity
abstraction from the mechanisms of political will or of solidarity, a set of criteria that reflects ideals derived from assertio ...
maximalism”.^84 This reminds us of the missionary excesses of some of the abolitionists in the nineteenth century who envisioned ...
It is a call to a political humanitarian internationalism, contra the impotence implied by Mazzini’s warning of the perils of a ...
many of the functions of the home, but one cannot be or feel at home in it.^90 Yet on occasion it can provide much-needed shelte ...
moral agreement and disagreement explicitly bases itself on Walzer’s conceptualisation of “thick” and “thin” values. He describe ...
phenomenology of our moral life directs our attention to how humanitarian problems arise in a world of states, the world in whic ...
7. Conclusion: The Struggle for Humanity The “humanitarian identity crisis” turns out to be something of a proxy war. The promin ...
dehumanise those whose tales they tell, leading to responses of pity at best. Yet there seems little else but to tell better, mo ...
humanitarian intervention returns us to the paradoxes of humanitarian violence, and moreover raises the question of what else bu ...
about the workings of the humanitarian impulse, it also enables us to counter Rieff’s assertion with a note of cautious optimism ...
The tragedy of humanitarianism may be that for all its failings and all the limitations of its viewpoint, it represents what is ...
The view that I am offering says that there is such a thing as moral progress, and that this progress is indeed in the direction ...
the only way to be humanitarian.^6 This is important if we are to avoid only seeking the kind of bittersweet humanitarian succes ...
are to do justice to the revelatory moments of humanitarianism, which take place on an intimate scale.^9 Another way of putting ...
not, some sense of democracy seems appropriate. Furthermore, I do not want to tie the notion to any single definitive characteri ...
on transcendental ideals, recalling Sen’s warning against their value in making comparative judgements. We all know people aroun ...
such as the “neutral, impartial provision of relief”, though it helps to explain why such practices may well be desirable. If, h ...
Climate change promises to be the dominant humanitarian concern of the twenty-first century, at least indirectly.^16 This is bec ...
the future must recognise that humanitarian needs are increasing. Climate change will be the main driver.”^20 Indeed, for Holmes ...
the more diffuse humanitarian gains illustrated in the previous section. As such, it seems appropriate to characterise climate c ...
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