Emergencies and Politics : A Sober Hobbesian Approach
by
Tom Sorell
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1107044316
ISBN-13
9781107044319
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 12th, 2013
Print length
234 Pages
Weight
472 grams
Dimensions
23.00 x 15.90 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
Social & political philosophySociology
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In this book Tom Sorell argues that emergencies can justify types of action that would normally be regarded as wrong. He develops a theory which proposes a democratic politics that is liberal but that takes seriously threats to life and limb from public disorder, crime or terrorism.
"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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