Strangers drowning
Subtitle: voyages to the brink of moral extremity
By: Larissa MacFarquhar
Publisher: Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: [London], UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781846143984; 9780141965475
Subjects: Helping behavior; Conduct of life; Virtues; Altruismus; Ethischer Konflikt; Helping Behavior; Life Style; Social Values; Social Responsibility
Description: What does it mean to devote yourself wholly to helping others? In 'Strangers Drowining' Larissa MacFarquhar seeks out people living lives of extreme ethical commitment, and tells their intimate stories: their stubborn integrity and their compromises; their bravery and their recklessness; their wrenching dilemmas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.