Explanation, understanding and holding Holocaust perpetrators responsible: the myth of the slippery slope to exculpation
TitelExplanation, understanding and holding Holocaust perpetrators responsible: the myth of the slippery slope to exculpation
Författare
Call number809.93358/0024
Objektnummer01654k
PubliceringsortLanham, Maryland, United States
UtgivareUniversity Press of America
Publikationsår
2005
Pagineringpp174-211
MaterialArticle
SerieStudies in the Shoah Vol.XXVIII
ISBN0761819762
NotesArticle from the book 'Murder most mercifull' pp174-211
Beskrivning
The topic of this essay can be rephrased as the question whether historical and psychological explanations of the Holocaust start us down the slippery slope to exculpation because they inevitably establish that perpetrators have a justification or a valid excuse for their immoral acts. The author argues no they do not