Abstracts
Abstract
This review is about Emergency Ethics, the first in the four-volume series Emergency Ethics, Law and Policy. It analyses chapters addressing the question: How could emergency modify our normal ethics standards? The chapters offer three angles on the question: conceptual analysis, empirical analysis and case study.
Keywords:
- emergency,
- ethics,
- moral black hole,
- natural disaster,
- ethics theories
Résumé
Ce compte-rendu porte sur Emergency Ethics, le premier livre d’une série de quatre volumes intitulée Emergency Ethics, Law and Policy. Il analyse les chapitres qui abordent la question à savoir comment l’urgence pourrait modifier nos standards éthiques normaux. Les chapitres prennent la question sous trois angles : analyse conceptuelle, analyse empirique et étude de cas.
Mots-clés :
- urgence,
- éthique,
- vide moral,
- catastrophe naturel,
- théories éthiques
Appendices
Bibliography
- 1. Viens A.M., Selgelid M.J. Emergency Ethics. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Ltd; 2012. 596 p.
- 2. Sorell T. Morality and Emergency. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. 2002;103:21-37. [chapter 2]
- 3. Sandin P. and M. Wester. The Moral Black Hole. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. 2009; 12:291-301. [chapter 5]
- 4. Zack N. Lifeboat Ethics and Disaster: Should We Blow Up the Fat Man? In: Ethics for Disaster. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield; 2009. p. 33-48. [chapter 4]
- 5. Barsky L., Trainor J., Torres M. Disaster realities in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Revisiting the Looting Myth. Quick Response Research Report 184. Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware; 2006.