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Deontology and Natural Hazards

In: Risk Analysis of Natural Hazards

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  • Adam Hosein

    (University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 232)

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.

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  • Adam Hosein, 2016. "Deontology and Natural Hazards," Risk, Governance and Society, in: Paolo Gardoni & Colleen Murphy & Arden Rowell (ed.), Risk Analysis of Natural Hazards, edition 1, chapter 0, pages 137-153, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:rischp:978-3-319-22126-7_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22126-7_9
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