Traditions, Values, and Humanitarian Action

by Kevin M. Cahill

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823222889
Publisher:	Fordham University Press
Publication date:	09/01/2003
Series:	International Humanitarian Affairs , #3
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	488
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Kevin M. Cahill, M.D., is University Professor and Director of Fordham University's Institute for International Humanitarian Affairs and President of The Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation in New York City. He has also served as Chief Adviser for Humanitarian and Public Health issues for successive Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly.

Editorial Reviews

...it is both insturctive and refreshing to find a volume in which academic analysis and less formal, though no less compelling reflection bring to light the human difficulties involved in responding to human tragedies.

Traditions, Values, and Humanitarian Action is a satisfying collection of rich and varied perspectives, some new, some difficult to digest, and all feeding the need to understand the complexities of these issues in a rapidly changing world.Lesley Morrison

From the Publisher

...it is both insturctive and refreshing to find a volume in which academic analysis and less formal, though no less compelling reflection bring to light the human difficulties involved in responding to human tragedies.

Journal of Humanitarian Assistance

Traditions, Values, and Humanitarian Action is a satisfying collection of rich and varied perspectives, some new, some difficult to digest, and all feeding the need to understand the complexities of these issues in a rapidly changing world.

The Lancet - Lesley Morrison