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Ethics for disaster / Naomi Zack.

By: Series: Studies in social, political, and legal philosophyPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009.Description: xix, 143 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780742564947 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0742564940 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780742564954
  • 9780742564961 (electronic)
  • 0742564967 (electronic)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 172/.2 22
LOC classification:
  • HV551.2 .Z33 2009
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HV551.2 .Z33 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001266146

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.

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