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Humanitarian Ethics

Author : Hugo Slim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190613327
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Humanitarian Ethics written by Hugo Slim and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanitarians are required to be impartial, independent, professionally competent and focused only on preventing and alleviating human suffering. It can be hard living up to these principles when others do not share them, while persuading political and military authorities and non-state actors to let an agency assist on the ground requires savvy ethical skills. Getting first to a conflict or natural catastrophe is only the beginning, as aid workers are usually and immediately presented with practical and moral questions about what to do next. For example, when does working closely with a warring party or an immoral regime move from practical cooperation to complicity in human rights violations? Should one operate in camps for displaced people and refugees if they are effectively places of internment? Do humanitarian agencies inadvertently encourage ethnic cleansing by always being ready to 'mop-up' the consequences of scorched earth warfare? This book has been written to help humanitarians assess and respond to these and other ethical dilemmas.

Humanitarian Action and Ethics

Author : Ayesha Ahmad
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1786992701
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book Humanitarian Action and Ethics written by Ayesha Ahmad and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From natural disaster areas to conflict zones, humanitarian workers today find themselves operating in diverse and difficult environments. While humanitarian work has always presented unique ethical challenges, such efforts are now further complicated by the impact of globalization, the escalating refugee crisis, and mounting criticisms of established humanitarian practice. Featuring contributions from humanitarian practitioners, health professionals, and social and political scientists, this book explores the question of ethics in modern humanitarian work, drawing on the lived experience of humanitarian workers themselves. Its essential case studies cover humanitarian work in countries ranging from Haiti and South Sudan to Syria and Iraq, and address issues such as gender based violence, migration, and the growing phenomenon of ‘volunteer tourism’. Together, these contributions offer new perspectives on humanitarian ethics, as well as insight into how such ethical considerations might inform more effective approaches to humanitarian work.

Dilemmas, Challenges, and Ethics of Humanitarian Action

Author : Caroline Abu-Sada
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773540857
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Dilemmas, Challenges, and Ethics of Humanitarian Action written by Caroline Abu-Sada and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2012 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the perception issues and ethical dilemmas faced by humanitarian organizations.

Humanitarianism in Question

Author : Michael Barnett
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801465087
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Humanitarianism in Question written by Michael Barnett and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years of tremendous growth in response to complex emergencies have left a mark on the humanitarian sector. Various matters that once seemed settled are now subjects of intense debate. What is humanitarianism? Is it limited to the provision of relief to victims of conflict, or does it include broader objectives such as human rights, democracy promotion, development, and peacebuilding? For much of the last century, the principles of humanitarianism were guided by neutrality, impartiality, and independence. More recently, some humanitarian organizations have begun to relax these tenets. The recognition that humanitarian action can lead to negative consequences has forced humanitarian organizations to measure their effectiveness, to reflect on their ethical positions, and to consider not only the values that motivate their actions but also the consequences of those actions. In the indispensable Humanitarianism in Question, Michael Barnett and Thomas G. Weiss bring together scholars from a variety of disciplines to address the humanitarian identity crisis, including humanitarianism's relationship to accountability, great powers, privatization and corporate philanthropy, warlords, and the ethical evaluations that inform life-and-death decision making during and after emergencies.

Humanitarian Intervention

Author : J. L. Holzgrefe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521529280
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book Humanitarian Intervention written by J. L. Holzgrefe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-02-13 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary approach to humanitarian intervention by experts in law, politics, and ethics.

Humanitarianism: Keywords

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004431144
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Humanitarianism: Keywords written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-09-07 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanitarianism: Keywords is a comprehensive dictionary designed as a compass for navigating the conceptual universe of humanitarianism. It is an intuitive toolkit to map contemporary humanitarianism and to explore its current and future articulations. The dictionary serves a broad readership of practitioners, students, and researchers by providing informed access to the extensive humanitarian vocabulary.

The Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention

Author : Stanley Hoffmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention written by Stanley Hoffmann and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1995 the Kroc Institute at the University of Notre Dame hosted the first of the Theodore M. Hesburgh Lectures on Ethics and Public Policy. Stanley Hoffmann delivered two lectures on the problems of humanitarian intervention in international relations. This volume presents these lectures.

Humanitarian Action and Ethics

Author : Ayesha Ahmad
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786992698
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book Humanitarian Action and Ethics written by Ayesha Ahmad and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From natural disaster areas to conflict zones, humanitarian workers today find themselves operating in diverse and difficult environments. While humanitarian work has always presented unique ethical challenges, such efforts are now further complicated by the impact of globalization, the escalating refugee crisis, and mounting criticisms of established humanitarian practice. Featuring contributions from humanitarian practitioners, health professionals, and social and political scientists, this book explores the question of ethics in modern humanitarian work, drawing on the lived experience of humanitarian workers themselves. Its essential case studies cover humanitarian work in countries ranging from Haiti and South Sudan to Syria and Iraq, and address issues such as gender based violence, migration, and the growing phenomenon of 'volunteer tourism'. Together, these contributions offer new perspectives on humanitarian ethics, as well as insight into how such ethical considerations might inform more effective approaches to humanitarian work.

Waging Humanitarian War

Author : Eric A. Heinze
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791477088
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Waging Humanitarian War written by Eric A. Heinze and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2009-01-22 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How severe must human suffering be before military intervention is considered? Can there be commensurate legal grounding for such an argument? Which actors are the most appropriate agents of intervention? In this reasonable and straightforward approach to the perplexing issue of humanitarian intervention, Eric A. Heinze incorporates insights from various strands of ethical, legal, and international relations theory. He identifies the conditions under which humanitarian intervention is morally permissible, establishes the extent to which such an ethical argument can be grounded in international law, and determines which actors are best equipped to undertake this task under prevailing political conditions. Heinze presents the reader with a number of empirical examples, including the 1999 Kosovo intervention, the 2003 Iraq war, and the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan. The result is a more theoretically consistent—and therefore more practically workable—approach to humanitarian intervention.

The Ethics of Armed Humanitarian Intervention

Author : Don E. Scheid
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107036364
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Ethics of Armed Humanitarian Intervention written by Don E. Scheid and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New essays on philosophical, legal, and moral aspects of armed humanitarian intervention, including discussion of the 2011 bombing in Libya.

Humanitarian Reason

Author : Didier Fassin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520271165
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Humanitarian Reason written by Didier Fassin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies primarily France with shorter sections on South Africa, Venezuela, and Palestine.

Research Ethics in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309169178
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Research Ethics in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-08-13 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situations involving conflict and forced migration have become increasingly commonplace in today's world. The need to understand the causes, consequences, and characteristics of these situations is creating a burgeoning field of research. But given the nature of complex emergency settings, traditional research guidelines may be inappropriate. The research and policy community has recognized this problem and has begun to address issues surrounding the ethics of doing research in emergency settings and among conflict-affected and displaced populations. The Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration, under the aegis of the Committee on Population of the National Research Council, held a workshop to examine some of these issues. This report to the roundtable summarizes the workshop presentations and discussion.

Hard Choices

Author : Jonathan Moore
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 146163721X
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Hard Choices written by Jonathan Moore and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 1998-11-19 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Somalia, the international community has found itself changing its view of humanitarian intervention. Operations designed to alleviate suffering and achieve peace sometimes produce damaging results. The United Nations, nongovernmental organizations, military and civilian agencies alike find themselves in the midst of confusion and weakness where what they seek are clarity and stability. Competing needs, rights, and values can obscure even the best international efforts to quell violence and assuage crises of poverty. More attention must be paid to the complexity of issues and moral dilemmas involved. This volume of original essays by international policy leaders, practitioners, and scholars brings together insights into the conflicting moral pressures present in different kinds of interventions ranging from Rwanda and Somalia to Haiti, Cambodia, and Bosnia. From their various cultural and professional perspectives the authors cover issues of human rights, sanctions, arms trade, refugees, HIV, and the media. Together they make the case that, although there are no easy answers, moral reflection and content can improve the quality of decisionmaking and intervention in internal conflicts. Published under the auspices of The International Committee of the Red Cross.

Forces of Compassion

Author : Erica Bornstein
Publisher : School for Advanced Research on the
ISBN 13 : 9781934691403
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Forces of Compassion written by Erica Bornstein and published by School for Advanced Research on the. This book was released on 2011 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The surrealism of imagining contemporary humanitarian techniques applied to historical events indicates more than dramatic technological transformation; it also suggests limits to contemporary assumptions about common human feeling and associated action.

Reflections On Humanitarian Action

Author : Humanitarian Studies Unit
Publisher : Pluto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780745317267
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Reflections On Humanitarian Action written by Humanitarian Studies Unit and published by Pluto Press. This book was released on 2001-04-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanitarian action has become a subject for serious debate in light of recent conflicts across the globe. The debacle in Somalia, the policy of intervention in Bosnia, and domestic conflicts in the West over intervention in Kosovo have given rise to many complex questions surrounding humanitarian action. The contributors to this volume provide a systematic overview of the issues involved from a wide range of viewpoints.The book examines the central problems of humanitarian action: the judicial question and the right to humanitarian assistance; the ethical framework of humanitarian action; the challenge of coordination of all the actors involved in humanitarian action; the recipients in the aid chain; the link between aid, development and emergency action; the role of the media; and a practical evaluation of Operation Lifeline Sudan.

Humanitarianism in Question

Author : Michael Barnett
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801461537
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Humanitarianism in Question written by Michael Barnett and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2008-03-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years of tremendous growth in response to complex emergencies have left a mark on the humanitarian sector. Various matters that once seemed settled are now subjects of intense debate. What is humanitarianism? Is it limited to the provision of relief to victims of conflict, or does it include broader objectives such as human rights, democracy promotion, development, and peacebuilding? For much of the last century, the principles of humanitarianism were guided by neutrality, impartiality, and independence. More recently, some humanitarian organizations have begun to relax these tenets. The recognition that humanitarian action can lead to negative consequences has forced humanitarian organizations to measure their effectiveness, to reflect on their ethical positions, and to consider not only the values that motivate their actions but also the consequences of those actions. In the indispensable Humanitarianism in Question, Michael Barnett and Thomas G. Weiss bring together scholars from a variety of disciplines to address the humanitarian identity crisis, including humanitarianism's relationship to accountability, great powers, privatization and corporate philanthropy, warlords, and the ethical evaluations that inform life-and-death decision making during and after emergencies.

Between Samaritans and States

Author : Jennifer Rubenstein
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191507016
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Between Samaritans and States written by Jennifer Rubenstein and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first book-length, English-language account of the political ethics of large-scale, Western-based humanitarian INGOs, such as Oxfam, CARE, and Doctors Without Borders. These INGOs are often either celebrated as heroes or do-going machines or maligned as incompetents 'on the road to hell'. In contrast, this book suggests the picture is more complicated. Drawing on political theory, philosophy, and ethics, along with original fieldwork, this book shows that while humanitarian INGOs are often perceived as non-governmental and apolitical, they are in fact sometimes somewhat governmental, highly political, and often 'second-best' actors. As a result, they face four central ethical predicaments: the problem of spattered hands, the quandary of the second-best, the cost-effectiveness conundrum, and the moral motivation trade-off. This book considers what it would look like for INGOs to navigate these predicaments in ways that are as consistent as possible with democratic, egalitarian, humanitarian and justice-based norms. It argues that humanitarian INGOs must regularly make deep moral compromises. In choosing which compromises to make, they should focus primarily on their overall consequences, as opposed to their intentions or the intrinsic value of their activities. But they should interpret consequences expansively, and not limit themselves to those that are amenable to precise measurements of cost-effectiveness. The book concludes by explaining the implications of its 'map' of humanitarian INGO political ethics for individual donors to INGOs, and for how we all should conceive of INGOs' role in addressing pressing global problems.