TY - BOOK AU - Scarry,Elaine TI - Thinking in an emergency T2 - Amnesty International global ethics series SN - 9780393078985 AV - JF256 U1 - 363.34/561 22 PY - 2011/// CY - New York, London PB - W.W. Norton KW - War and emergency powers KW - Abuse of administrative power KW - Emergency management KW - Government policy N1 - Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-141) 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; 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://www.gbv.de/dms/sub-hamburg/642717567.pdf ER -