“From Common Humanity to Humanitarian Obligation: Suffering Strangers, Progress, and Emergencies”
Neither the idea of extending help to distant strangers nor the conceptualization of their circumstances as humanitarian emergencies is simply given by the reality of human suffering nor explained by universalistic ethics alone. These reflect a specific history and specific ways of framing troubling events. Religious charity, colonial rule, ideals of progress, and the rise [...]
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