Emergencies and Politics : a Sober Hobbesian Approach /
"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 institution...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press,
2013
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "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 that is liberal but that takes seriously threats to life and limb from public disorder, crime or terrorism. Informed by Hobbes, Schmitt and Walzer, but substantially different from them, the book widens the justification for recourse to normally forbidden measures, without resorting to illiberal politics. This book will interest students of politics, philosophy, international relations and law"-- |
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| Item Description: | Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2013). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (234 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781107360136 1107360137 9781107044319 1107044316 9781107420281 1107420288 |
