Ethics for disaster
By: Naomi Zack.
Series: Studies in social, political, and legal philosophy
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9780742564947; 9780742564961
Subjects: Emergency management -- Moral and ethical aspects; Disasters; Risk assessment
Description: "Ethics for Disaster addresses the moral aspects of hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados, plane crashes, Avian Flu pandemics, and other disasters. Naomi Zack focuses on how nonwhite, poor, elderly, and disabled disaster victims suffer most. Using both real-life and fictional examples, Zack forcefully argues for the preservation of normal moral principles in times of national crisis and emergency, stressing the moral obligation of both individuals and government in preparing for and responding to disaster."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Disaster planning : is saving the greatest number best?; title: Lifeboat ethics : should we blow up the fat man?; title: Virtues for disaster : Mitch Rapp and Ernest Shakleton; title: The social contract : Hobbes, Locke, and Art Spiegelman; title: Public policy : snakes on a plane, fire in the Pentagon, and disaster rights; title: The disadvantaged in disaster : Hurricane Katrina; title: A code of ethics for disaster, its implications, and the water crisis; title: Moral vs. monetary values of human life.