Making Sense of ‘Public’ Emergencies

Philosophy of Management 8 (2):31-53 (2009)
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In this article, I seek to make sense of the oft-invoked idea of ‘public emergency’ and of some of its 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.

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10.5840/pom20098215

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