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008			131121s2011 nyum b a001 0 eng
010			_a2010-049522
020			_a0393078981 (hardcover)
020			_a0393340589 (pbk)
020			_a9780393078985 (hardcover)
020			_a9780393340587 (pbk)
050		4	_aJF256 _b.S33 2011
100	1		_aScarry, Elaine.
245	1	0	_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 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	_aAbuse of administrative power.
650		0	_aEmergency management _xGovernment policy.
650		0	_aWar and emergency powers.
830		0	_aAmnesty International global ethics series.
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999			_c68850 _d68850