Pacific Lutheran’s ‘Lute Times’ reports on presentation by David Livingstone Smith
On February 25, 2014, Lutetimes.com, a publication of Pacific Lutheran 岻 in Tacoma, Washington, featured an article on a presentation by David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D., professor of philosophy, given at the university on February 20th.
Smith, addressing a crowd of 300, presented a talk titled “Less Than Human,” based on his book Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave and Dehumanize Others.
Smith discussed how dehumanization is a factor in genocide, war and racism. “Dehumanization unleashes extreme violence, resulting in war, genocide and atrocity,” he stated.