Emergencies and Politics: A Sober Hobbesian Approach
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In this book Tom Sorell argues that emergencies can justify types of action that would normally be regarded as wrong. Beginning with the ethics of emergencies facing individuals, he explores the range of effective and legitimate private emergency response and its relation to public institutions, such as national governments. He develops a theory of the response of governments to public emergencies which indicates the possibility of a democratic politics...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1107044316
ISBN13:9781107044319
Release Date:October 2013
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:234 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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