With firsthand experience of oppression and unjust treatment, Adil E. Shamoo claims that the basis for discrimination by class, religion, or ethnic identity is the perceived lack of equal worth among human beings. This book posits three ethical principles by which the concept of equal worth can be used in a practical manner to resolve conflicts and wars. Shamoo utilizes the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Israel-Palestine to demonstrate the lack of morals in resolving these conflicts. He argues that once the principle of equal worth is adopted in foreign policy, humanity will be able to achieve peace.
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In Equal Worth, Adil E. Shamoo once again demonstrates the quiet power and intensive gift of analysis for which he is so well known. Turning his attention to the global nature of our most profound moral and political challenges - the quest for peace - he deftly avoids facile ethical stances and binary politics. Instead, he sweepingly reconciles the human impulse toward peace with modern warfare its moral, political, social, and personal devastation... Thanks to this comprehensive and excellent work, the readers will indeed profit from a uniquely accurate assessment of the architects of modern warfare and how best to put them out of business.-Harriet A. Washington, author of Medical Apartheid and Deadly Monopolies Recognizing that war is ultimately rooted in the failure to understand the equal worth of all human beings, Shamoo offers a wide-ranging review of competing ethical traditions on the question of war, provides important and detailed case studies, and challenges us with specific recommendations to build a more moral foreign policy.-Stephen Zunes, professor of politics and chair of Middle Eastern studies, University of San Francisco Equal Worth is an impressive attempt to establish the foundations of a moral foreign policy... The application of his equal worth framework to the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Israel-Palestine are detailed and insightful. Any U.S. leader who hopes to chart a path for America in our multipolar world should read this book and heed its recommendations.-John Feffer, co-director, Foreign Policy In Focus (www.fpif.org), Institute for Policy Studies
Adil E. Shamoo is a senior analyst for Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies and a professor at the University of Maryland. Dr. Shamoo has written extensively on ethics and public policy in newspapers and has appeared on local, national, and international media.
