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Distant Suffering
Luc Boltanski
其他書名
Morality, Media, and Politics
出版Cambridge University Press, 1999
主題Philosophy / Ethics & Moral PhilosophySocial Science / Sociology / GeneralSocial Science / Disasters & Disaster ReliefSocial Science / Media Studies
ISBN66104186089786610418602
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=NpCmxwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Distant Suffering examines the moral and political implications for a spectator of the distant suffering of others as presented through the media. What are the morally acceptable responses to the sight of suffering on television, for example, when the viewer cannot act directly to affect the circumstances in which the suffering takes place? Luc Boltanski argues that spectators can actively involve themselves and others by speaking about what they have seen and how they were affected by it. Developing ideas in Adam Smith's moral theory, he examines three rhetorical 'topics' available for the expression of the spectator's response to suffering: the topics of denunciation and of sentiment and the aesthetic topic. The book concludes with a discussion of a 'crisis of pity' in relation to modern forms of humanitarianism. A possible way out of this crisis is suggested which involves an emphasis and focus on present suffering.