The Selfish Altruist: Relief Work in Famine and WarRoutledge, 17/06/2013 - 240 من الصفحات Provides an analysis of some of the most traumatic situations involving famine and war of the last two decades, helping us to understand what it takes to be an aid worker and how important humanitarian action is today. Famine and war evoke strong emotional reactions, and for most people there is a limited amount they can do. But the relief worker has to convert emotional responses into practical action and difficult choices - whom to help and how. Their own feelings have to motivate action for others. But can they separate out their own selfish feelings and prejudices in such an emotive climate? How do they avoid being partial among those they are helping? Are they motivated by altruistic concern, or the power they experience or the attention they receive? Tony Vaux brings over 20 years experience as one of Oxfam's leading emergency managers to the exploration of the conflicts between subjective impulses and objective judgements and the dilemmas relief workers contend with. |
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... involved. But this adversarial approach does not do justice to the complexities of humanitarian work, and also carries a danger of strengthening isolationist tendencies in Western countries. It is to Tony Vaux's credit that he has ...
... involved. But this adversarial approach does not do justice to the complexities of humanitarian work, and also carries a danger of strengthening isolationist tendencies in Western countries. It is to Tony Vaux's credit that he has ...
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... involved in the drafting) worked together to produce the Red Cross Code of Conduct which listed 10 practical principles and 12 recommendations. In the 1990s, the Sphere Project laid down hundreds of professional standards for ...
... involved in the drafting) worked together to produce the Red Cross Code of Conduct which listed 10 practical principles and 12 recommendations. In the 1990s, the Sphere Project laid down hundreds of professional standards for ...
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... involved, fortunately, because I had already shifted responsibility and was dealing with Bosnia where – after three years of detachment by the West – ethnic cleansing had been stopped. In Rwanda, however, ethnic cleansing proceeded to ...
... involved, fortunately, because I had already shifted responsibility and was dealing with Bosnia where – after three years of detachment by the West – ethnic cleansing had been stopped. In Rwanda, however, ethnic cleansing proceeded to ...
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... involved in the Rwanda genocide, was exceptionally large, possibly because the public failed to appreciate that their aid was mainly going to those who caused the problem, and not to the victims themselves. But this self-deception was ...
... involved in the Rwanda genocide, was exceptionally large, possibly because the public failed to appreciate that their aid was mainly going to those who caused the problem, and not to the victims themselves. But this self-deception was ...
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... involved cutting away triangular slices of the canvas and turning it in the frame. In Rembrandt's original, the king must have appeared to lean forward as if he wanted to drive his head into the pointing finger. It would have been a far ...
... involved cutting away triangular slices of the canvas and turning it in the frame. In Rembrandt's original, the king must have appeared to lean forward as if he wanted to drive his head into the pointing finger. It would have been a far ...
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A Golden Age of Humanitarianism? | 43 |
Impartiality and Selfrespect | 69 |
Vulnerability and Power | 93 |
Pride and Principle | 115 |
Emotion and Order | 137 |
Responsibility and Rights | 159 |
Mans Inhumanity | 183 |
Chapter 9 The Selfish Altruist | 201 |
Notes on the Sources | 213 |
Index | 224 |
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