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Seeing Atrocities: Ethics for Visual Encounters with Intolerable Harms

Name: Seeing Atrocities: Ethics for Visual Encounters with Intolerable Harms
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780197797006
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Contributors:

Paul Morrow

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Philosophy

Book Subcategory:

Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social, Political

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Release Date:

9/29/2025

ISBN 13:

9780197797006

Weight:

0.95 lbs

Size:

8.44 x 5.91 x 1.22 inches

Pages:

312

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In the 21st century, it is impossible to avoid seeing atrocities. Pictures of grievous death populate the pages of newspapers and aggregators almost daily. Billboards and banner ads for humanitarian organizations routinely feature scenes of famine and forced displacement. With the spread of social media, our closest friends and relatives have become key sources of visual encounters with intolerable harms.

Seeing Atrocities explains what we stand to gain from such encounters, and supplies crucial tools for navigating them. Images--from photographs and films to children's drawings and VR-renderings--convey vital information about causes and culpability for atrocities. At the same time, images increasingly serve as vectors for mis- and disinformation, fueling conspiracy theories and inspiring acts of violent extremism. Whether in the classroom or the courtroom, the museum or the living room, the stakes of visual encounters with atrocities are substantial. So too are the risks of misjudging them.

By showing what it means to see atrocities as atrocities, Paul Morrow forges new links between ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of perception. By surveying a broad range of visual encounters with atrocities, he aids lawyers, journalists, and educators in their efforts to teach, report on, or adjudicate such harms. Finally, by proposing specific norms for seeing, sharing, and exhibiting atrocities, he addresses moral questions confronting every reader in our globally connected world.

About the Author
Paul Morrow is a philosopher and human rights scholar currently serving as a visiting research fellow at University College Dublin. His books include Unconscionable Crimes (2020) and the edited collection Museums and Mass Violence (2025). Paul has previously held positions at the University of Dayton Human Rights Center and the University of Virginia. Between 2023 and 2024, he co-led a federally funded grant on the prevention of domestic violent extremism titled PREVENTS-OH.

Seeing Atrocities: Ethics for Visual Encounters with Intolerable Harms

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