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OverviewEthics for Disaster shows how individual and government preparation and response to hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, wildfires, pandemics, and other disasters are ethical matters. Confronting the social inequalities revealed by these disasters, we must also acknowledge how the complete lack of preparation for climate change and pandemics has shifted these threats from old-fashioned isolated disasters into constant modern risks. This second edition presents four new chapters about disaster-as-risk, focusing on climate change; more intense confrontation by the elements of earth, air, fire and water; the COVID-19 pandemic; and innocent victims and refugees. Now more than ever, we need good and just moral principles to guide us through the disruptive crises ahead. Where standard ethical frameworks and government action fail to address new issues and guide just choices, humanism and humanitarianism become vital for deciding what we owe innocent victims and climate refugees. Combining moral philosophy, political theory, public policy, and environmental science, Ethics for Disaster presents new ways to think about changes in the world we all share. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Naomi ZackPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Edition: Second Edition, New Edition Dimensions: Width: 15.10cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.336kg ISBN: 9781538179659ISBN 10: 1538179652 Pages: 250 Publication Date: 12 May 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition and Acknowledgements Preface to the Paperback Edition Preface to the First Edition and Acknowledgements Book Introduction and Overview of parts and chapters Part I: Ethics Disaster Planning: Is Saving the Greatest Number Best? Lifeboat Ethics and Disaster: Should We Blow Up the Fat Man? Virtues for Disaster: Mitch Rapp and Ernest Shackleton Part II: Politics The Social Contract: Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Art Spiegelman Public Policy: Snakes on a Plane, Fire in the Pentagon, and Disaster Rights The Disadvantaged and Disaster: Hurricane Katrina Part III: The New Disaster-as-Risk World Climate Change: Understanding the basics, including economics. Earth, Air, Fire, and Water: The elements of disaster COVID-19 and Minorities: How the worse-off fare worst Innocent victims and refugees: Moral and Practical questions Conclusion: A Code of Ethics for Disaster, its Implications, and the Global Water Crisis Postscript to 2nd edition Postscript to the 1st edition Select Bibliography Index About the AuthorReviewsEthics for Disaster is an unmatched guidebook in homeland security and emergency management. With its practical framework and real-world examples, it challenges readers to consider their moral obligations during crises, providing invaluable insights into the ethics of preparedness and response. It's an essential resource for anyone working in the field.--Christopher Bellavita, academic programs director, Center for Homeland Defense and Security, Naval Postgraduate School Naomi Zack's work is distinguished by her careful and considered thought, with a keen eye for the ways that disadvantaged groups can become more vulnerable through disasters. Such dynamics were seen with devastating clarity during the pandemic. This revised and extended volume grapples with the fraught realities of COVID-19 and climate change, examining recent and predicted disasters in reference to the fundamental elements of earth, air, fire, and water. Zack is a sensitive, empathetic thinker with a strong sense for some of the most fundamental challenges we are collectively reckoning with. The new edition of Ethics for Disaster is an important contribution to a set of issues that will unfortunately continue to be central in the years to come.--Christopher Hobson, associate professor, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, and visiting associate professor, College of Global Liberal Arts, Ritsumeikan University Ethics for Disaster is an unmatched guidebook in homeland security and emergency management. With its practical framework and real-world examples, it challenges readers to consider their moral obligations during crises, providing invaluable insights into the ethics of preparedness and response. It's an essential resource for anyone working in the field. --Christopher Bellavita, academic programs director, Center for Homeland Defense and Security, Naval Postgraduate School Naomi Zack's work is distinguished by her careful and considered thought, with a keen eye for the ways that disadvantaged groups can become more vulnerable through disasters. Such dynamics were seen with devastating clarity during the pandemic. This revised and extended volume grapples with the fraught realities of COVID-19 and climate change, examining recent and predicted disasters in reference to the fundamental elements of earth, air, fire, and water. Zack is a sensitive, empathetic thinker with a strong sense for some of the most fundamental challenges we are collectively reckoning with. The new edition of Ethics for Disaster is an important contribution to a set of issues that will unfortunately continue to be central in the years to come. --Christopher Hobson, associate professor, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, and visiting associate professor, College of Global Liberal Arts, Ritsumeikan University Author InformationNaomi Zack is professor of philosophy at Lehman College, CUNY. Her recent books are: Ethics and Race: Past and Present Intersections and Controversies, The American Tragedy of COVID-19: Social and Political Crises of 2020, Progressive Anonymity: From Identity Politics to Evidence-Based Government , and Reviving the Social Compact: Inclusive Citizenship in an Age of Extreme Politics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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