Thinking in an emergency
By: Elaine Scarry
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Amnesty International global ethics series; Amnesty International global ethics series
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780393078985
Subjects: Emergency management; War and emergency powers; Government policy; Abuse of administrative power
Description: Discusses the global ethics of increased executive power by invoking the idea of an emergency and cites philosophers, neuroscientists, and artists to prove that thinking and taking fast action are compatible.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-141) and index.
Table of contents: title: The seduction to stop thinking; title: Four models of emergency thinking. CPR ; Mutual aid contracts ; The Swiss shelter system ; The constitutional brake on war; title: The place of habit in acts of thinking.