940.53 MON/ИУ Monroe, Kristen Renwick. The Hand of Compassion : Portraits of Moral Choice during the Holocaust / K. R. Monroe. - Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2004. - 361 p. : ill. - Bibliography : p. 331 - 354. - ISBN 0-691-11863-9. - Текст : непосредственный. Appendices : p. 267 - 290. Notes : p. 291 - 330. Index : p. 355 - 361
Stories That Are True Margot Otto John Irene Knud The Complexity of the Moral Life and the Power of Identity to Influence Choice How Identity and Perspective Led to Moral Choice What Makes People Help Others : Constructing Moral Theory A Different Way of Seeing Things Narratives as Windows on the Minds of Others : appendix A Finding the Rescuers : appendix B
Through moving interviews with five ordinary people who rescued Jews during the Holocaust, Kristen Monroe casts new light on questions at the heart of ethics: Why do people risk their lives for strangers, and what drives such moral choice? Monroe’s analysis points not to traditional explanations - such as religion or reason - but to identity. The rescuers’ perceptions of themselves in relation to others made their extraordinary acts spontaneous and left the rescuers no choice but to act. Monroe’s analysis of these stories draws on philosophy, ethics, and political psychology to suggest why and how identity constrains our choices, both cognitively and ethically. Her work offers a powerful counterpoint to conventional arguments about rational choice and a valuable addition to the literature on ethics and moral psychology. It is a dramatic illumination of the power of identity to shape our most basic political acts, including our treatment of others. Kristen Renwick Monroe is Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine, and the author of the prizewinning "The Heart of Altruism"
