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The “Ethos of Compassion” in Contemporary Social Intervention: The Janus Faces of Humanitarian Action Proposals

European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies

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Title The “Ethos of Compassion” in Contemporary Social Intervention: The Janus Faces of Humanitarian Action Proposals
 
Creator Pinto Albuquerque, Cristina
 
Description In this communication we aim to discuss the social and political implications of an “ethos of compassion” that tends to emerge and to substantiate some of the current social and public action concerning social suffering. In fact, by considering mainly a moral of compassion as a political determinant element for the response to actual social suffering it is emphasized a linear conception of the human being which has implications with regard to its affirmation and recognition as a political agent. In this perspective the social and political categorization as a victim, combined with a mediatized focus in a sort of moral social responsibility nourished by the necessary distance between those that suffer and those that “observe” the suffering of others, are the main analytical axes of our reflection
 
Publisher EUSER
 
Date 2016-08-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Identifier http://journals.euser.org/index.php/ejms/article/view/1380
10.26417/ejms.v2i1.p51-58
 
Source European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies; Vol 1 No 5 (2016): May-August 2016; 51-58
2414-8385
2414-8377
10.26417/ejms.v2i1
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journals.euser.org/index.php/ejms/article/view/1380/1368