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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... suffering. We boost our own confidence by being optimistic. But if we protect ourselves by simply believing that all humans are 'good', we cannot cope with what we then have to call 'evil' when we find it in ethnic cleansing and ...
... suffering. We boost our own confidence by being optimistic. But if we protect ourselves by simply believing that all humans are 'good', we cannot cope with what we then have to call 'evil' when we find it in ethnic cleansing and ...
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... suffering peoples. Is there guidance from within the humanitarian tradition? Since the Crimean war, the issue has been dominated by the question (of concern to generals as much as to humanitarians) of how to limit the effects of war to ...
... suffering peoples. Is there guidance from within the humanitarian tradition? Since the Crimean war, the issue has been dominated by the question (of concern to generals as much as to humanitarians) of how to limit the effects of war to ...
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... whole being, including a person's state of mind, sense of loss and the devaluation of life. The suffering of the body and the mind cannot be distinguished from each other. It is concern for every aspect 7 INTRODUCTION.
... whole being, including a person's state of mind, sense of loss and the devaluation of life. The suffering of the body and the mind cannot be distinguished from each other. It is concern for every aspect 7 INTRODUCTION.
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... suffering. The lingering death of a pet tortoise, decaying upwards from a maggot-infested leg, preyed on my mind as a child; and at school I was banned from blood donation after fainting at the sight of my own blood. Freud tells us that ...
... suffering. The lingering death of a pet tortoise, decaying upwards from a maggot-infested leg, preyed on my mind as a child; and at school I was banned from blood donation after fainting at the sight of my own blood. Freud tells us that ...
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... suffering. Oxfam found itself accused of fuelling a pointless conflict. Since then, Oxfam has learned to rely only on making its own assessments in conflict situations, and using advice from people on the ground. From this bitter lesson ...
... suffering. Oxfam found itself accused of fuelling a pointless conflict. Since then, Oxfam has learned to rely only on making its own assessments in conflict situations, and using advice from people on the ground. From this bitter lesson ...
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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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