01345cam a2200301 a 4500 20230110151223.0 131121s2011 nyum b a001 0 eng 2010-049522 0393078981 (hardcover) 0393340589 (pbk) 9780393078985 (hardcover) 9780393340587 (pbk) JF256 .S33 2011 Scarry, Elaine. Thinking in an emergency / Elaine Scarry. 1st ed. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011. xv, 157 p. ; 22 cm. Amnesty International global ethics series. 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. Abuse of administrative power. Emergency management Government policy. War and emergency powers. Amnesty International global ethics series. lcc 68850 68850 0 0 lcc 0 0 BEA BEA 2023-01-10 0 0323625 2023-01-10 00:00:00 1 2023-01-10 BK VIRTUAITEM