The Selfish Altruist: Relief Work in Famine and WarEarthscan, 2013 - 241 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 climat. |
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... in this highly enlightening book . That , too , is a contribution to the cause of ' humanity ' . Jean Drèze Delhi School of Economics Altruist Famine and war evoke strong emotional reactions of pity vi FOREWORD Foreword.
... in this highly enlightening book . That , too , is a contribution to the cause of ' humanity ' . Jean Drèze Delhi School of Economics Altruist Famine and war evoke strong emotional reactions of pity vi FOREWORD Foreword.
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... caused the problem , and not to the victims themselves . But this self - deception was not possible for aid workers . The issue of helping murderers caused great stress to aid workers . Aid workers began to wonder whether they had also ...
... caused the problem , and not to the victims themselves . But this self - deception was not possible for aid workers . The issue of helping murderers caused great stress to aid workers . Aid workers began to wonder whether they had also ...
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... cause . To my astonishment , someone told me to ' get out ' . Even now I can picture my outstretched hand offering the covenant of charity which I expected the lofty young public - school man to sign . I don't remember which charity it ...
... cause . To my astonishment , someone told me to ' get out ' . Even now I can picture my outstretched hand offering the covenant of charity which I expected the lofty young public - school man to sign . I don't remember which charity it ...
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... cause was an Allied blockade intended to weaken the Germans . Many people in Britain were horrified and protested to the government . There was a special resonance with classical scholars , one of the most prominent being Gilbert Murray ...
... cause was an Allied blockade intended to weaken the Germans . Many people in Britain were horrified and protested to the government . There was a special resonance with classical scholars , one of the most prominent being Gilbert Murray ...
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عذرًا، محتوى هذه الصفحة مقيَّد.
عذرًا، محتوى هذه الصفحة مقيَّد.
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Kosovo The Loss of Impartiality | 19 |
Ethiopia A Golden Age of Humanitarianism? | 45 |
Sudan Impartiality and Selfrespect | 71 |
Mozambique Vulnerability and Power | 95 |
Afghanistan Pride and Principle | 117 |
Somalia Emotion and Order | 139 |
Azerbaijan and Bosnia Responsibility and Rights | 161 |
The Rwanda Genocide Mans Inhumanity | 185 |
The Selfish Altruist | 203 |
Notes on the Sources | 215 |
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الصفحة 18 - a person is a person through other people'. It is not 'I think therefore I am'. It says rather: 'I am human because I belong.' I participate, I share. A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good; for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed, or treated as...