by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 5, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on April 17, 2015. It is republished today in recognition of April as Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month. A series focused on genocide will appear on EthicsDaily.com next week. Genocide is a term now recognized...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 17, 2015 | Opinion
Genocide is a term now recognized worldwide, but the origin of the designation is not widely known. Raphael Lemkin began using the term in the 1940s to describe the Nazi efforts to exterminate the Jewish people. He “formed the word ‘genocide’ by...