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The historical foundations of humanitarian action
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2010
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In addition to the religious motivation, another equally old tradition can be said to have played a part in the emergence of the Red Cross Movement. This involved the perception, by the sole means of human intelligence, of an ideal concept of goodness separate from, and in some cases even opposed to, the consideration of a person's immediate interests.
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- History of Humanitarian Ideas
- Information
- International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 34 , Issue 299: Special: Prohibitions and Restrictions on the Use of Certain Weapons , April 1994 , pp. 194 - 216
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- Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1994