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Politics of Compassion

The Challenge to Care for the Stranger
  • ISBN-13: 9781786607461
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD INTERNAT.
  • By Edward U. Murphy
  • Price: AUD $283.00
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/01/2019
  • Format: Hardback 238 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Politics & government [JP]
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The Politics of Compassion explores the manifold obstacles that hinder our individual and collective capacity to care for the vulnerable, offering insights from history, religion, ethics, cognitive and social sciences, international relations, public policy, and contemporary politics. It examines both how far we've come in addressing poverty and social injustice and how far we still have to go. It concludes by discussing strategies to help us achieve a more consistent practice of compassion in public life.
Preface Chapter 1: Why Compassion in Politics? Chapter 2: Historical Perspectives on Social Welfare and Global Development Chapter 3: Historical Perspectives on Human Rights Chapter 4: Compassion in Religious and Secular Thought Chapter 5: Justice and Moral Responsibility Chapter 6: Altruism, Empathy, and the Making of "Us" and "Them" Chapter 7: The Moral Politics of Liberals and Conservatives Chapter 8: Politics against Compassion Chapter 9: Compassion in Public Policy and Law Chapter 10: Creating a More Compassionate and Just Society Index
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