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Emergencies and Politics : A Sober Hobbesian Approach

By Tom Sorell

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9781107421684, 9781107044319
LCC
JF256.S67 2013eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1920297 bytes)
Pages
236\236
Time added
2023-08-05 13:55:37
-- 1588-1679. ; War and emergency powers -- PhilosHobbesThomas

Description

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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