Moral Responsibility in the Holocaust

This book goes beyond historical and psychological explanations of the Holocaust to directly address the moral responsibility of individuals involved in it. While defending the view that individuals caught up in large-scale historical events like the Holocaust are still responsible for their choices he provides the philosophical tools needed to assess the responsibility both negative and positive of perpetrators accomplices bystanders victims helpers and rescuers. This book will be an important addition to courses on the Holocaust in social and political philosophy history religion and applied ethics.