The politics of compassion : the challenge to care for the stranger /
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| Author / Creator: | Murphy, Edward U., author. |
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| Imprint: | London ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield International, Ltd, [2019] |
| Description: | xi, 225 pages ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11750614 |
Table of Contents:
- Caring for the stranger
- Why compassion in politics?
- Historical perspectives on social welfare and global development
- Historical perspectives on human rights
- Compassion in religious and secular thought
- Justice and moral responsibility
- Altruism, empathy, and the making of "Us" and "Them"
- The moral politics of Liberals and Conservatives
- Politics against compassion in the United States
- Compassion in public policy and law
- Creating a more compassionate and just society.
