Traditions, Values, and Humanitarian Action / / Kevin M. Cahill.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• VerfasserIn: Cahill, Kevin M.,
• MitwirkendeR: Annan, H. E. Kofi,; Brokaw, Tom,; Cahill, Kevin M.,; Cross, Timothy,; Deng, Francis Mading,; Dulles, Avery Cardinal,; Eliasson, Jan,; Ely-Raphel, Ambassador Nancy,; Falk, Richard,; Feerick, John D.,; Harding, Timothy W.,; Hollingworth, Larry,; Mortimer, Edward,; Newland, Kathleen,; O’Brien, Eoin,; O’Hare, Joseph A.,; Talal, El Hassan bin,; Tarnoff, Peter,; Veuthey, Michel,; Wechsler, Rabbi Harlan J.,; Wilkinson, Paul,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2022]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: International Humanitarian Affairs
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (488 p.)

This third volume in the pioneering series, International Humanitarian Affairs, goes beyond the practical to address fundamental questions at the heart of humanitarian actions. How do different religious, cultural, and social systems—and the values they support—shape humanitarian action? What are the bases of caring societies? Are there universal values for human well-being? International experts come face to face with the assumptions about human dignity and social justice that guide efforts to rescue and repair communities in crisis. The original essays explore mandates for humanitarian action in religious traditions, and codes of conduct for the media, military, medicine, and the academy in relief efforts. They explore threats to human welfare from terrorism and gender exploitation and assess international law, the media, and the politics of civil society in a world of war, conflict, and strife. The contributors: Kofi Annan, Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., Rabbi Harlan J. Wechsler, H.R.H. Prince El Hassan Bin Talal, Francis Mading Deng, Maj. Gen. Timothy Cross, Joseph O’ Hare, S.J., Tom Brokaw, Eoin O’Brien, M.D., Jan Eliasson, Timothy Harding, M.D., Paul Wilkinson, Larry Hollingworth, Nancy Ely-Raphel, John Feerick, Michael Veuthey, Edward Mortimer, Kathleen Newland, Peter Tarnoff, Richard Falk, and the editor.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- A MESSAGE FROM THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL -- INTRODUCTION -- FOUNDATIONS -- Part 1 -- 1 Christianity and Humanitarian Action -- 2 For the Sake of My Kin and Friends: Traditions, Values, and Humanitarian Action in Judaism -- 3 Strategies for Disagreement -- 4 The World of the Dinka: A Portrait of a Threatened Culture -- Part 2 -- 5 Military Values and Traditions -- 6 The Academy and Humanitarian Action -- 7 Is Any News Good News? -- 8 Human Rights and the Making of a Good Doctor -- Part 3 -- 9 Immigration in Europe: Promise or Peril? -- FAULT LINES -- Part 4 -- 10 Torture -- 11 Terrorism: The Concept -- 12 Terrorism: Theory and Reality -- 13 Gender Exploitation -- Part 5 -- 14 Balancing National Security and Civil Liberties -- 15 Disregarding the Geneva Conventions on the Protection of War Victims -- 16 Media: Prism or Mirror -- 17 International Migration: At the Boiling Point -- CORRECTIONS -- Part 6 -- 18 Government Responses to Fault Lines -- 19 Reviving Global Civil Society After September 11 -- APPENDIX -- CHAPTER NOTES AND REFERENCES -- THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND COOPERATION AND THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INDEX