Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Oxford Amnesty Lectures 2001

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Nicholas Owen (, University Lecturer in Politics and Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford)

Human Rights, Human Wrongs

Oxford Amnesty Lectures 2001

Nicholas Owen (, University Lecturer in Politics and Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford)

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Oxford University Press
01 May 2003

Ethics & moral philosophy; Politics & government; Human rights; International human rights law

Series: Oxford Amnesty Lectures

This edited collection, based on the 2001 Oxford Amnesty Lectures, focuses on human rights abuses and the way in which these are interpreted.

The contributors are Tzvetan Todorov, Michael Ignatieff, Gayatri Spivak, Peter Singer, Gitta Sereny, Geoffrey Bindman, Susan Sontag, and Eva Hoffman, with commentaries on their essays from Niall Fergusson, Timothy Garton Ash, Hermione Lee, and others. The issues explored in the talks include the right of the international community to military intervention in human rights abuses, the ethical and legal difficulties in bringing rights abusers to justice, the human tendency towards racist attitudes, the impact of postcolonialism, and the way in which human evil is represented in photography.

A main theme throughout explores the implications of constructing crude dichotomies of heroes and villains, whose motivations are often left unexplored. The aim is to do justice to the moral complexity of the situations into which those caught up in violent or destabilizing events are placed, while retaining a commitment to action as well as understanding in support of human rights.

Edited by: Nicholas Owen ( University Lecturer in Politics and Fellow of The Queen's College Oxford)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 382g
ISBN: 9780192802194
ISBN 10: 0192802194
Series: Oxford Amnesty Lectures
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 01 May 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Niall Ferguson: Tzvetan Todorov 2: Timothy Garton Ash: Michael Ignatieff 3: Robert Young: Gayatri Spivak 4: John Broome: Peter Singer 5: Johnathan Glover: Gitta Sereny 6: Laurence Whitehead: Geoffreu Bindman 7: Hermione Lee: Susan Sontag 8: Eva Hoffman