Ethics for disaster / Naomi Zack.

Author/creator Zack, Naomi, 1944-
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2009.
Descriptionxix, 143 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesStudies in social, political, and legal philosophy
Studies in social, political, and legal philosophy. ^A367503
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 and disaster : Hurricane Katrina -- A code of ethics for disaster, its implications, and the water crisis -- Moral versus monetary values of human life.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 133-137) and index.
LCCN 2008052261
ISBN9780742564947 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0742564940 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780742564961 (electronic)
ISBN0742564967 (electronic)

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Joyner General Stacks HV551.2 .Z33 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold