Deontology and Natural Hazards

Adam Hosein ()
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Adam Hosein: University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 232

Chapter Chapter 9 in Risk Analysis of Natural Hazards, 2016, pp 137-153 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter, I explore some fundamental moral questions about how we should evaluate disaster policy. I offer a challenge to the dominant approach, namely cost-benefit analysis, arguing that we need to give weight to some crucial moral distinctions that this approach ignores, such as the difference between doing and allowing harm. In place of cost-benefit analysis, I defend an alternative “deontological” approach, which incorporates these distinctions. But I also show that more work is needed to fully develop a deontological theory of disaster policy. There are fruitful new avenues in this area for both policy analysts and moral theorists.

Keywords: Natural Hazard; Flood Risk; Risky Situation; Disaster Policy; Deontological Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22126-7_9

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