ebooks A Working People: A History of African American Workers Since Emancipation (The African American History Series) by Steven A. Reich in History

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This volume documents the still-rare encounter of moral-philosophical; historiographic and medical-ethical research on National Socialism; and looks at the ethical aspects of the National Socialist ideology; as well as at the moral convictions of National Socialist perpetrators; some of whom acted as "perpetrators with a good conscience". It furthermore discusses questions such as the content and rationale of Nazi race ethics; the "euthanasia" killings and the Nazi ethics of racial warfare and the role of the SS as the vanguard of the National Socialist race state; the moral conditioning of Nazi perpetrators and their self-exoneration strategies after the defeat of Nazism; and German Holocaust memory politics. Due to the broad range of topics covered and methodologies discussed; this book will interest academic readers of various disciplines of the humanities; including German history; Holocaust studies; Jewish studies philosophy and medical ethics. It will also appeal to the common public interested in Nazi ideology and ethics; and their implications for current ethical issues and challenges; such as the consequences of moral indifference as well as the debate on euthanasia and mercy killing.