Emergencies and politics : : a sober Hobbesian approach / / Tom Sorell.
"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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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge ;, New York : : Cambridge University Press,, 2013. |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (236 pages) |
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| 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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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107044319 (hardback) 9781107421684 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Tom Sorell. |