Ethics for Disaster

Naomi Zack is professor of philosophy at Lehman College, CUNY. Her recent books are: Ethics and Race: Past and Present Intersections and Controversies, The American Tragedy of COVID-19: Social and Political Crises of 2020, Progressive Anonymity: From Identity Politics to Evidence-Based Government , and Reviving the Social Compact: Inclusive Citizenship in an Age of Extreme Politics.

Preface to the Second Edition and Acknowledgements

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Preface to the First Edition and Acknowledgements

Book Introduction and Overview of parts and chapters

Part I: Ethics



Disaster Planning: Is Saving the Greatest Number Best?
Lifeboat Ethics and Disaster: Should We Blow Up the Fat Man?
Virtues for Disaster: Mitch Rapp and Ernest Shackleton

Part II: Politics



The Social Contract: Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Art Spiegelman
Public Policy: Snakes on a Plane, Fire in the Pentagon, and Disaster Rights
The Disadvantaged and Disaster: Hurricane Katrina

Part III: The New Disaster-as-Risk World



Climate Change: Understanding the basics, including economics.
Earth, Air, Fire, and Water: The elements of disaster
COVID-19 and Minorities: How the worse-off fare worst
Innocent victims and refugees: Moral and Practical questions

Conclusion: A Code of Ethics for Disaster, its Implications, and the Global Water Crisis

Postscript to 2nd edition

Postscript to the 1st edition

Select Bibliography

Index

About the Author