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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... feel happy , namely that at the end of this arduous ( even harrowing ) journey he has been able to share his thoughts with the public in this highly enlightening book . That , too , is a contribution to the cause of ' humanity ' . Jean ...
... feel happy , namely that at the end of this arduous ( even harrowing ) journey he has been able to share his thoughts with the public in this highly enlightening book . That , too , is a contribution to the cause of ' humanity ' . Jean ...
الصفحة 1
... feeling that ' I have been clever and they have been stupid ' may convert itself into a tendency to treat people as if they have no worth or ability at all . It reinforces helplessness and makes those who are being helped feel all the ...
... feeling that ' I have been clever and they have been stupid ' may convert itself into a tendency to treat people as if they have no worth or ability at all . It reinforces helplessness and makes those who are being helped feel all the ...
الصفحة 2
... feel concern for another person or not . No one tells us what to think or to do . We are alone with ourselves and an aged concept of responsibility . Personally , when confronted by someone begging , I rely on my feelings to decide ...
... feel concern for another person or not . No one tells us what to think or to do . We are alone with ourselves and an aged concept of responsibility . Personally , when confronted by someone begging , I rely on my feelings to decide ...
الصفحة 12
... feel like that sometimes , almost absurdly exposed in a moment of ecstatic contemplation , with a sense of having to look at something that I do not want to see . What am I doing here ? Where does the bright light come from ? Can't I ...
... feel like that sometimes , almost absurdly exposed in a moment of ecstatic contemplation , with a sense of having to look at something that I do not want to see . What am I doing here ? Where does the bright light come from ? Can't I ...
الصفحة 15
... feel valued they are better able to tackle the human biases which become so troublesome if they have to fight for their own dignity and principles through the lives and deaths of those they are supposed to help . I do not think the ...
... feel valued they are better able to tackle the human biases which become so troublesome if they have to fight for their own dignity and principles through the lives and deaths of those they are supposed to help . I do not think the ...
المحتوى
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...