Humanitarian ethics: a guide to the morality of aid in war and disaster PDF
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HUMANITARIAN ETHICS HUGO SLIM Humanitarian Ethics A Guide to the Morality of Aid in War and Disaster A A Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Copyright © Hugo Slim, 2015 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available Slim, Hugo Humanitarian Ethics/A Guide to the Morality of Aid in War and Disaster ISBN 978-01902-6483-3 For Jessie and Solomon CONTENTS Acknowledgements ix List of acronyms xi Introduction 1 PART ONE ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS 1. The Ethical Origins of Humanitarian Action 25 PART TWO THE MODERN ELABORATION OF HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES 2. The Humanitarian Goal—Humanity and Impartiality 39 3. Political Principles—Neutrality and Independence 65 4. Dignity Principles—Respect, Participation and Empowerment 75 5. Stewardship Principles—Sustainability and Accountability 93 6. What Kind of Ethics is Humanitarian Ethics? 111 PART THREE ETHICAL PRACTICE IN HUMANITARIAN ACTION 7. Reason and Emotion 125 8. H umanitarian Deliberation 135 9. M oral Choices 155 10. Moral Responsibility 169 11. Persistent Ethical Problems 183 12. The Ethical Humanitarian Worker 231 Annex 1: The Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement 251 vii CONTENTS Annex 2: The Code of Conduct for NGOs in Disaster Relief 253 Annex 3: The Humanitarian Charter 257 Annex 4: Principles of Good Humanitarian Donorship 263 Notes 267 Index 291 viii
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