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Article
Making Sense of 'Public' Emergencies
Philosophy of Management. Volume 8, Number 2 (2009), p. 31-54.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Disciplines
- Disaster Law and
- Law
Abstract
In this article, I seek to make sense of the oft-invoked idea of ‘public emergency’ and of some of its (supposedly) radical moral implications. I challenge controversial claims by Tom Sorell, Michael Walzer, and Giorgio Agamben, and argue for a more discriminating understanding of the category and its moral force.
Citation Information
Tanguay-Renaud, François. "Making Sense of 'Public' Emergencies." Philosophy of Management 8.2 (2009): 31-54.
This article was previously published as a research paper in the Comparative Research in Law and Political Economy series.