Humanity in Crisis: Ethical Responsibilities to People Displaced by War

submitted by Marvin's Underground Evening Lectures on 10/06/18 1

David Hollenbach discusses the number of people displaced by war and other crises, which today is higher than at any time since World War II, and the responsibilities of the U.S., of other nations, and of nongovernmental organizations and religious communities to assist these people. Speaker Biography: David Hollenbach is Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History at the Library's John W. Kluge Center. He is the university chair in human rights and international justice at Boston College, where he is also the director of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice. He was educated at St. Joseph's University with a B.S. in Physics, and then an M.A. from St. Louis University, and a Ph.D. in Religious Ethics from Yale University. Hollenbach has published extensively on Christian ethics, Christian social ethics, human rights, refugees, contemporary theories of justice and the role of religion in public life. For transcript and more information, visit www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7360

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