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001 2010049522
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008 101221s2011 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780393078985 (hardcover)
020 $a0393078981 (hardcover)
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050 00 $aJF256$b.S33 2011
082 00 $a363.34/561$222
100 1 $aScarry, Elaine.
245 10 $aThinking in an emergency /$cElaine Scarry.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton & Co.,$cc2011.
300 $axv, 157 p. ;$c22 cm.
490 1 $aAmnesty International global ethics series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 109-141) and index.
505 0 $aThe seduction to stop thinking -- Four models of emergency thinking. CPR ; Mutual aid contracts ; The Swiss shelter system ; The constitutional brake on war -- The place of habit in acts of thinking.
520 $aDiscusses the global ethics of increased executive power by invoking the idea of an emergency and cites philosophers, neuroscientists, and artists to prove that thinking and taking fast action are compatible.
650 0 $aWar and emergency powers.
650 0 $aAbuse of administrative power.
650 0 $aEmergency management$xGovernment policy.
830 0 $aAmnesty International global ethics series.