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Thinking in an emergency / Elaine Scarry.

By: Series: Amnesty International global ethics seriesPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 157 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0393078981 (hardcover)
  • 0393340589 (pbk)
  • 9780393078985 (hardcover)
  • 9780393340587 (pbk)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JF256 .S33 2011
Contents:
The 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.
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 and index.

The 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.

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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