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Humanitarians and their moral stance in war: the underlying values

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2010

Eva Wortel
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Abstract

In this article, the moral values underlying humanitarian principles are analysed. What were these original moral values? Have they changed? To what extent are they in danger today? Has humanity itself become an instrumental value? To answer these questions, the author examines the humanitarian discourse: firstly, how these values have been described by humanitarians themselves, and secondly, how they are used by humanitarians in specific contexts.

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Selected articles on international humanitarian law
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International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 91 , Issue 876: International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent , December 2009 , pp. 779 - 802
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 2010

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