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Emergency Ethics: Volume I
Emergencies are extreme events which threaten to cause massive disruption to society and negatively affect the physical and psychological well-being of its members. They raise important practical and theoretical questions about how we should treat each other in times of 'crisis'.
| Author(s) | By Michael J. Selgelid. Edited by, A.M. Viens. |
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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 586 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 18 Dec 2012 |
| Availability | Available |
Emergencies are extreme events which threaten to cause massive disruption to society and negatively affect the physical and psychological well-being of its members. They raise important practical and theoretical questions about how we should treat each other in times of 'crisis'.
Contents: Introduction; Part I The Nature and Significance of Emergency: Definition of sovereignty, Carl Schmitt; Morality and emergency, Tom Sorell; Making sense of 'public' emergencies, FranAois Tanguay-Renaud. Part II Ethical Issues in Emergency: Lifeb
A.M. Viens is a Research Fellow in the Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany and an external member of the UCL Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction, United Kingdom. Michael J. Selgelid is Associate Profes
