Strangers drowning

voyages to the brink of moral extremity

320 pages

English language

Published 2015 by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books.

ISBN:
978-1-84614-398-4
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OCLC Number:
922087813

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What does it mean to devote yourself wholly to helping others? In 'Strangers Drowining' Larissa MacFarquhar seeks out people living lives of extreme ethical commitment, and tells their intimate stories: their stubborn integrity and their compromises; their bravery and their recklessness; their wrenching dilemmas.

5 editions

Subjects

  • Helping behavior
  • Conduct of life
  • Virtues
  • Altruismus
  • Ethischer Konflikt
  • Helping Behavior
  • Life Style
  • Social Values
  • Social Responsibility