Humanitarian Ethics Image close
Humanitarian Ethics by Hugo Slim
Humanitarian Ethics by Hugo Slim
Show Hide Adult Content
Humanitarian Ethics close

Non-Fiction Books:

Home  
Books  
Non-Fiction  
Social Sciences  
Sociology, social studies  
Social work  
Aid & relief programmes

Humanitarian Ethics

A Guide to the Morality of Aid in War and Disaster
Click to share your rating 0 ratings (0.0/5.0 average) Thanks for your vote!

By:

Format:

Paperback / softback
$95.00
Available from supplier

The item is brand new and in-stock with one of our preferred suppliers. The item will ship from a Mighty Ape warehouse within the timeframe shown.

Usually ships in 2-3 weeks
0 in Trolley
Free Delivery with Primate
Join Now

Free 14 day free trial, cancel anytime.

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

Afterpay is available on orders $100 to $2000 Learn more

6 weekly interest-free payments of $15.83 with Laybuy Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

  • Around 31 May - 12 Jun using International Courier

Description

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.

Author Biography:

Hugo Slim is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict at the University of Oxford. He is a leading scholar in Humanitarian Studies with particular expertise in humanitarian ethics, the protection of civilians and conflict resolution. He has held frontline roles for Save the Children UK and the United Nations in Sudan, Ethiopia, the Palestinian Territories and Bangladesh, and served as an International Advisor to the British Red Cross and on the Boards of Oxfam GB and the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD). He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Oregon and an Associate Lecturer at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.
Release date NZ
July 18th, 2015
Author
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Edition
UK ed.
Pages
224
ISBN-13
9781849043403
Product ID
21348556

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here

Explore more by Hugo Slim

See all books by this author

Solferino 21 by Hugo Slim
$35.00
Solferino 21
by Hugo Slim ~ Paperback / softback
Pre-order - out 9 May 2024
Solferino 21 on Hardback by Hugo Slim
$80.00
Solferino 21
by Hugo Slim ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Killing Civilians by Hugo Slim
$78.00
Killing Civilians
by Hugo Slim ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

Recommended for you

Recommended from your browsing history

Help & options

Filed under...

Books >
Non-Fiction >
Social Sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
Social work >
Aid & relief programmes
Books >
Non-Fiction >
Social Sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
Social issues >
Social impact of disasters
Books >
Non-Fiction >
Social Sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
Social issues >
Ethical issues & debates
Books >
Non-Fiction >
Social Sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
Social welfare & social services >
Welfare & benefit systems
Books >
Non-Fiction >
Politics & government >
Political activism >
Non-governmental organizations