Ethics for disaster /
Zack, Naomi, 1944-
Ethics for disaster / Naomi Zack. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009. - xix, 143 p. ; 24 cm. - Studies in social, political, and legal philosophy . - Studies in social, political, and legal philosophy. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-137) and index.
Disaster planning : is saving the greatest number best? -- Lifeboat ethics and disaster : should we blow up the fat man? -- Virtues for disaster : Mitch Rapp and Ernest Shackleton -- The social contract : Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Art Spiegelman -- Public policy : Snakes on a plane, fire in the Pentagon, and disaster rights -- The disadvantaged in disaster : Hurricane Katrina -- A code of ethics for disaster, its implications, and the water crisis -- Moral versus monetary values of human life.
9780742564947 (cloth : alk. paper) 0742564940 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780742564954 9780742564961 (electronic) 0742564967 (electronic)
2008052261
Emergency management--Moral and ethical aspects.
Disasters.
Risk assessment.
HV551.2 / .Z33 2009
172/.2
Ethics for disaster / Naomi Zack. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009. - xix, 143 p. ; 24 cm. - Studies in social, political, and legal philosophy . - Studies in social, political, and legal philosophy. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-137) and index.
Disaster planning : is saving the greatest number best? -- Lifeboat ethics and disaster : should we blow up the fat man? -- Virtues for disaster : Mitch Rapp and Ernest Shackleton -- The social contract : Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Art Spiegelman -- Public policy : Snakes on a plane, fire in the Pentagon, and disaster rights -- The disadvantaged in disaster : Hurricane Katrina -- A code of ethics for disaster, its implications, and the water crisis -- Moral versus monetary values of human life.
9780742564947 (cloth : alk. paper) 0742564940 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780742564954 9780742564961 (electronic) 0742564967 (electronic)
2008052261
Emergency management--Moral and ethical aspects.
Disasters.
Risk assessment.
HV551.2 / .Z33 2009
172/.2