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Thinking in an emergency / Elaine Scarry.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Amnesty International global ethics series | Amnesty International global ethics seriesPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011.Description: xv, 157 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780393340587
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.34/561  22
Contents:
The seduction to stop thinking -- Four models of emergency thinking. CPR ; Mutual aid contracts ; The Swiss shelter system ; The constituti onal brake on war -- The place of habit in acts of thinking.
Summary: Discusses 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-141) and index.

The seduction to stop thinking -- Four models of emergency thinking. CPR ; Mutual aid contracts ; The Swiss shelter system ; The constituti onal brake on war -- The place of habit in acts of thinking.

Discusses 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.

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