Natural and Industrial Disaster Events, Public Health, and Ethics

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Natural and Industrial Disaster Events, Public Health, and Ethics

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University of Otago

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Otago University Research Archive

Description

Disasters are a function of the intersection between hazards and human vulnerability. Often these events affect the most disadvantaged and marginalized members of society. This chapter examines the moral complexities of natural and industrial disasters in terms of responsibility and blame, and the ethical and practical importance of extensive community-driven emergency preparedness efforts. There is an ethical imperative to develop and implement strategies for reducing disaster risk by reduci...

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Research paper

Research format

Scholarly text / Book item

Thesis level

Book Section

Date created

2019-09-09

Creator

Fenton, Elizabeth / Hanfling, Dan

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/38933

Related subjects

civic responsibility / disaster risk reduction / emergency preparedness / hazards / industrial disasters / Moral Philosophy / natural disasters / public health ethics / Social and Political Philosophy / social justice / vulnerability

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