The nature of good and evil
Subtitle: understanding the many acts of moral and immoral behavior
By: Samuel P. Oliner
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Paragon House
Published: 2011
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781557788962
Subjects: Case studies; Genocide; Psychological aspects; Social psychology; Ethics; Altruism; Good and evil
Description: Drawing on the research into sociology and psychology, deeply personal histories, and the author's own experience as a holocaust survivor, this title offers an intelligent and thought-provoking analysis of the nature of good and evil, and moral and immoral behaviour.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Follow the leader: why people go against their better judgment?; title: How could they do that?: understanding the many sources and faces of evil; title: Silently standing by: why we do or don't come to the aid of those who need us; title: Paving the way to resistance: the gift of good during the Nazi occupation 1939-1945; title: Preconditions of resistance during the Armenian and Rwandan genocides; title: Nature of goodness; title: The world of heroes: why we need heroes; title: Conclusion.