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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198725337
ISBN-13
9780198725336
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211284677
Product Key Features
Book Title
Failures of Ethics : Confronting the Holocaust, Genocide, and Other Mass Atrocities
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Holocaust, Genocide & War Crimes, General
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Political Science, Philosophy, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
16.8 Oz
Item Length
8.7 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2014-956629
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Everything John K. Roth writes is thoughtful, measured, and insightful, and so is this deeply disturbing yet hopeful book. Part intellectual autobiography, part philosophical treatise, and part call to action in dark times, The Failure of Ethics deserves and will reward a wide readership." --Peter Hayes, Theodore Z. Weiss Professor of Holocaust Studies, Northwestern University "John K. Roth has joined the issue of historical scholarship with a consideration of ethical discourse and of the inability of that discourse to remain the same in the presence of such anti-human events. His focus on racism and tribalism is pivotal. Roth is boldly willing to challenge himself and others most especially as he confronts the failure of ethics - and overcoming that failure. His style invites engagement -- insists on engagement and dialogue and unlike many philosophers -- dare I say most -- his insights are both profound and accessible." --Michael Berenbaum "The publication of John K. Roth's The Failures of Ethics is an occasion for rejoicing--not in the failures of ethics but in Roth's profound realization that those failures matter. Eloquent, insightful, and deeply personal, Roth's reflection resonates with anyone whose soul hungers for meaning. For those who would embrace the ethical in an age haunted by nihilism and despair, reading this book is a matter of ethical responsibility." --David Patterson, Hillel Feinberg Chair in Holocaust Studies, University of Texas at Dallas "The Failure of Ethics by John K. Roth, one of America's preeminent scholars and educators, reflects more than 40 years of scholarship, thinking, and teaching about the Holocaust and other genocides of the 20th and 21st centuries. Thoughtful, provocative, and elegantly written, it is a book educators and students alike should read, ponder, discuss, and learn from, but only if they are willing to confront questions with no easy answers." --Dr. Carol Rittner, R.S.M., Distinguished Professor of Holocaust & Genocide Studies and Dr. Marsha Raticoff Grossman Professor of Holocaust Studies, The Richard Stockton University of New Jersey, "Everything John K. Roth writes is thoughtful, measured, and insightful, and so is this deeply disturbing yet hopeful book. Part intellectual autobiography, part philosophical treatise, and part call to action in dark times, The Failures of Ethics deserves and will reward a wide readership." --Peter Hayes, Theodore Z. Weiss Professor of Holocaust Studies, Northwestern University "John K. Roth has joined the issue of historical scholarship with a consideration of ethical discourse and of the inability of that discourse to remain the same in the presence of such anti-human events. His focus on racism and tribalism is pivotal. Roth is boldly willing to challenge himself and others most especially as he confronts the failures of ethics - and overcoming those failures. His style invites engagement -- insists on engagement and dialogue and unlike many philosophers -- dare I say most -- his insights are both profound and accessible." --Michael Berenbaum "The publication of John K. Roth's The Failures of Ethics is an occasion for rejoicing--not in the failures of ethics but in Roth's profound realization that those failures matter. Eloquent, insightful, and deeply personal, Roth's reflection resonates with anyone whose soul hungers for meaning. For those who would embrace the ethical in an age haunted by nihilism and despair, reading this book is a matter of ethical responsibility." --David Patterson, Hillel Feinberg Chair in Holocaust Studies, University of Texas at Dallas "The Failures of Ethics by John K. Roth, one of America's preeminent scholars and educators, reflects more than 40 years of scholarship, thinking, and teaching about the Holocaust and other genocides of the 20th and 21st centuries. Thoughtful, provocative, and elegantly written, it is a book educators and students alike should read, ponder, discuss, and learn from, but only if they are willing to confront questions with no easy answers." --Dr. Carol Rittner, R.S.M., Distinguished Professor of Holocaust & Genocide Studies and Dr. Marsha Raticoff Grossman Professor of Holocaust Studies, The Richard Stockton University of New Jersey "The Failures of Ethics is a testimonial to Roth's extensive research and analysis about a topic with significant implications for humanity's survival. This masterful book/textbook offers a critical exploration of the vulnerability of ethics and why genocide remains a persistent possibility for vulnerable groups and cultures." --New York Journal of Books "John Roth's The Failures of Ethics is anything but a resigned, world-weary confession of helplessness before the iniquities of the Holocaust and other terrible wrongs. To the contrary, this latest book by one of America's senior and widely respected Holocaust scholars is a resolutely ethical reflection on his four decades of scholarship and teaching in the field, looking back over his professional and pedagogical confrontations with some of the most vexing questions of our times." --Journal of Central European History, "[A] significant resource on Holocaust and genocide scholarship. The book is Roth's recent contribution to . . . his staggering body of research on the Holocaust. The Failures of Ethics will be suitable to university professors, students, and researchers interested in the subject of the Holocaust and genocide. The book embodies a very rich review of important research and scholarship on the Holocaust, and contributes enormously to the debates on the discourse of ethical practices and dispositions that emerged in the Holocaust's aftermath.'"Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba, International Journal on World Peace "Everything John K. Roth writes is thoughtful, measured, and insightful, and so is this deeply disturbing yet hopeful book. Part intellectual autobiography, part philosophical treatise, and part call to action in dark times, The Failures of Ethics deserves and will reward a wide readership." --Peter Hayes, Theodore Z. Weiss Professor of Holocaust Studies, Northwestern University "John K. Roth has joined the issue of historical scholarship with a consideration of ethical discourse and of the inability of that discourse to remain the same in the presence of such anti-human events. His focus on racism and tribalism is pivotal. Roth is boldly willing to challenge himself and others most especially as he confronts the failures of ethics - and overcoming those failures. His style invites engagement -- insists on engagement and dialogue and unlike many philosophers -- dare I say most -- his insights are both profound and accessible." --Michael Berenbaum "The publication of John K. Roth's The Failures of Ethics is an occasion for rejoicing--not in the failures of ethics but in Roth's profound realization that those failures matter. Eloquent, insightful, and deeply personal, Roth's reflection resonates with anyone whose soul hungers for meaning. For those who would embrace the ethical in an age haunted by nihilism and despair, reading this book is a matter of ethical responsibility." --David Patterson, Hillel Feinberg Chair in Holocaust Studies, University of Texas at Dallas "The Failures of Ethics by John K. Roth, one of America's preeminent scholars and educators, reflects more than 40 years of scholarship, thinking, and teaching about the Holocaust and other genocides of the 20th and 21st centuries. Thoughtful, provocative, and elegantly written, it is a book educators and students alike should read, ponder, discuss, and learn from, but only if they are willing to confront questions with no easy answers." --Dr. Carol Rittner, R.S.M., Distinguished Professor of Holocaust & Genocide Studies and Dr. Marsha Raticoff Grossman Professor of Holocaust Studies, The Richard Stockton University of New Jersey "The Failures of Ethics is a testimonial to Roth's extensive research and analysis about a topic with significant implications for humanity's survival. This masterful book/textbook offers a critical exploration of the vulnerability of ethics and why genocide remains a persistent possibility for vulnerable groups and cultures." --New York Journal of Books "John Roth's The Failures of Ethics is anything but a resigned, world-weary confession of helplessness before the iniquities of the Holocaust and other terrible wrongs. To the contrary, this latest book by one of America's senior and widely respected Holocaust scholars is a resolutely ethical reflection on his four decades of scholarship and teaching in the field, looking back over his professional and pedagogical confrontations with some of the most vexing questions of our times." --Journal of Central European History, "Everything John K. Roth writes is thoughtful, measured, and insightful, and so is this deeply disturbing yet hopeful book. Part intellectual autobiography, part philosophical treatise, and part call to action in dark times, The Failures of Ethics deserves and will reward a wide readership." --Peter Hayes, Theodore Z. Weiss Professor of Holocaust Studies, Northwestern University "John K. Roth has joined the issue of historical scholarship with a consideration of ethical discourse and of the inability of that discourse to remain the same in the presence of such anti-human events. His focus on racism and tribalism is pivotal. Roth is boldly willing to challenge himself and others most especially as he confronts the failures of ethics - and overcoming those failures. His style invites engagement -- insists on engagement and dialogue and unlike many philosophers -- dare I say most -- his insights are both profound and accessible." --Michael Berenbaum "The publication of John K. Roth's The Failures of Ethics is an occasion for rejoicing--not in the failures of ethics but in Roth's profound realization that those failures matter. Eloquent, insightful, and deeply personal, Roth's reflection resonates with anyone whose soul hungers for meaning. For those who would embrace the ethical in an age haunted by nihilism and despair, reading this book is a matter of ethical responsibility." --David Patterson, Hillel Feinberg Chair in Holocaust Studies, University of Texas at Dallas "The Failures of Ethics by John K. Roth, one of America's preeminent scholars and educators, reflects more than 40 years of scholarship, thinking, and teaching about the Holocaust and other genocides of the 20th and 21st centuries. Thoughtful, provocative, and elegantly written, it is a book educators and students alike should read, ponder, discuss, and learn from, but only if they are willing to confront questions with no easy answers." --Dr. Carol Rittner, R.S.M., Distinguished Professor of Holocaust & Genocide Studies and Dr. Marsha Raticoff Grossman Professor of Holocaust Studies, The Richard Stockton University of New Jersey "The Failures of Ethics is a testimonial to Roth's extensive research and analysis about a topic with significant implications for humanity's survival. This masterful book/textbook offers a critical exploration of the vulnerability of ethics and why genocide remains a persistent possibility for vulnerable groups and cultures." --New York Journal of Books, "Everything John K. Roth writes is thoughtful, measured, and insightful, and so is this deeply disturbing yet hopeful book. Part intellectual autobiography, part philosophical treatise, and part call to action in dark times, The Failures of Ethics deserves and will reward a wide readership." --Peter Hayes, Theodore Z. Weiss Professor of Holocaust Studies, Northwestern University "John K. Roth has joined the issue of historical scholarship with a consideration of ethical discourse and of the inability of that discourse to remain the same in the presence of such anti-human events. His focus on racism and tribalism is pivotal. Roth is boldly willing to challenge himself and others most especially as he confronts the failures of ethics - and overcoming those failures. His style invites engagement -- insists on engagement and dialogue and unlike many philosophers -- dare I say most -- his insights are both profound and accessible." --Michael Berenbaum "The publication of John K. Roth's The Failures of Ethics is an occasion for rejoicing--not in the failures of ethics but in Roth's profound realization that those failures matter. Eloquent, insightful, and deeply personal, Roth's reflection resonates with anyone whose soul hungers for meaning. For those who would embrace the ethical in an age haunted by nihilism and despair, reading this book is a matter of ethical responsibility." --David Patterson, Hillel Feinberg Chair in Holocaust Studies, University of Texas at Dallas "The Failures of Ethics by John K. Roth, one of America's preeminent scholars and educators, reflects more than 40 years of scholarship, thinking, and teaching about the Holocaust and other genocides of the 20th and 21st centuries. Thoughtful, provocative, and elegantly written, it is a book educators and students alike should read, ponder, discuss, and learn from, but only if they are willing to confront questions with no easy answers." --Dr. Carol Rittner, R.S.M., Distinguished Professor of Holocaust & Genocide Studies and Dr. Marsha Raticoff Grossman Professor of Holocaust Studies, The Richard Stockton University of New Jersey
Dewey Decimal
179.7
Table Of Content
Prologue: The ThreadPart One: Protesting Failures1. The Failures of Ethics2. Rape as Torture and the Responsibility to Protect3. Philosophy and the 'Logic' of Racism4. 'You Shall Not Murder'5. God's FailuresPart Two: Resisting Failures6. The Holocaust's Impact on Christian-Jewish Relations7. The Effects of Genocide8. What Has Been Learned?9. The Politics of Testimony10. Death and MeaningEpilogue: The Right Side of History?
Synopsis
A study of human failings in the overriding of moral sensibilities which lead to atrocities such as the Holocaust and other genocides., Defined by deliberation about the difference between right and wrong, encouragement not to be indifferent toward that difference, resistance against what is wrong, and action in support of what is right, ethics is civilization's keystone. The Failures of Ethics concentrates on the multiple shortfalls and shortcomings of thought, decision, and action that tempt and incite us human beings to inflict incalculable harm. Absent the overriding of moral sensibilities, if not the collapse or collaboration of ethical traditions, the Holocaust, genocide, and other mass atrocities could not have happened. Although these catastrophes do not pronounce the death of ethics, they show that ethics is vulnerable, subject to misuse and perversion, and that no simple reaffirmation of ethics, as if nothing disastrous had happened, will do. Moral and religious authority has been fragmented and weakened by the accumulated ruins of history and the depersonalized advances of civilization that have taken us from a bloody twentieth century into an immensely problematic twenty-first. What nevertheless remain essential are spirited commitment and political will that embody the courage not to let go of the ethical but to persist for it in spite of humankind's self-inflicted destructiveness. Salvaging the fragmented condition of ethics, this book shows how respect and honor for those who save lives and resist atrocity, deepened attention to the dead and to death itself, and appeals for human rights and renewed spiritual sensitivity confirm that ethics contains and remains an irreplaceable safeguard against its own failures.
LC Classification Number
BJ1500
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