num_pages: 480
description: One of the strongest works of moral philosophy of the last two decades, Humanity presents deeply felt and disturbing meditations on the 20th century's most brutal historical episodes. Jonathan Glover ambitiously attempts a moral psychology, tracing the patterns of human psychology that breed violence. Shrewd case studies examine the intellectual follies and moral horrors of the First World War's trench warfare, Hitler's Holocaust, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the ideologically driven social experimentation by Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot, and the ethnic and tribal hatreds that tore apart the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
language: English
title: Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century
titlecomplete: Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century
genres: History, Psychology, Science, Society, Philosophy, Religion, War, Politics, World History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1293
publisher: Yale University Press