Emergency Ethics: Volume I (The Library of Essays on Emergency Ethics, Law and Policy, 1, Band 1) - Hardcover

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9781409444503: Emergency Ethics: Volume I (The Library of Essays on Emergency Ethics, Law and Policy, 1, Band 1)

Inhaltsangabe

Emergencies are extreme events which threaten to cause massive disruption to society and negatively affect the physical and psychological well-being of its members. They raise important practical and theoretical questions about how we should treat each other in times of ’crisis’. The articles selected for this volume focus on the nature and significance of emergencies; ethical issues in emergency public policy and law; war, terrorism and supreme emergencies; and public health and humanitarian emergencies. Together they demonstrate the normative implications of emergencies and provide multi-disciplinary perspectives on the ethics of emergency response.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

A.M. Viens is a Research Fellow in the Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany and an external member of the UCL Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction, United Kingdom. Michael J. Selgelid is Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Australia.

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