scholarly journals Comparing Mutuality and Solidarity in Its Application to Disaster Ethics

2019 ◽  
pp. 105-116
Author(s):  
Chamundeeswari Kuppuswamy
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Ethics

Disaster Ethics

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 717-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Bridget Satkoske ◽  
David A. Kappel ◽  
Michael A. DeVita
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Ethics

scholarly journals Ethics and Floods: A Systematic Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 817-828 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veselin L. Mitrović ◽  
Dónal P. O’Mathúna ◽  
Iskra A. Nola
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Interdisciplinary Collaboration ◽  
Ethical Guidelines ◽  
Topic Area ◽  
Prisma Statement ◽  
Disaster Ethics ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Consistent Application ◽  
Field Of Inquiry

ABSTRACTDisaster ethics is a developing field of inquiry recognizing the wide variety of ethical issues confronting various professionals involved in planning for and responding to different types of disasters. This article explores how ethical issues related to floods are addressed in academic literature. The review involved analysis of publications on ethics and floods identified in a systematic literature search of electronic databases that included sociological, biomedical, and geophysical sources. The review methods were guided by the PRISMA Statement on systematic reviews, adapted to this topic area, and followed by a qualitative analysis of the included publications. All articles were analyzed using NVivo software version 11. The qualitative analysis showed that further research is needed on the ethical issues involved in flood disasters. Ethical guidelines are needed for flood planners and responders that are based on the consistent application of well-established ethical principles, values, and virtues to the specific circumstances arising with each flood. Flexibility is required in applying such approaches. The results suggest that interdisciplinary collaboration (sociological, biomedical, geophysical, engineering, and ethical) could contribute significantly to the development of ethics in floods. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2019;13:817–828)

Expanding the transdisciplinary conversation towards pluriversal distributive disaster recovery: development ethics and interculturality

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes M. Waldmüller
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Disaster Recovery ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Development Ethics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Disaster Ethics ◽  
Cross Fertilization ◽  
Do So

PurposeFrom a Latin American decolonial and transdisciplinary perspective, this article expands the increasingly relevant conversation about disaster ethics, not only in depth and scope but also both interdisciplinarily and interculturally. By reviewing key points of development ethics that are closely related but underexplored, it makes the case for focusing on disaster recovery as a relevant distributive phase for improving future prevention and mitigation, while remedying long-standing injustices.Design/methodology/approachTo do so, against the backdrop of recently emerging postcolonial, decolonial and structural approaches to disaster and vulnerability studies, the article presents a theoretical conversation between decolonial studies, development ethics, intercultural practice and philosophy, and disaster ethics beyond utilitarian approaches.FindingsSo far, development and disaster ethics remain worlds apart, despite their relevant convergence around the key notion of “recovery” and its underlying normative determination. This article identifies that prevailing utilitarian ethics in emergency response, in addition to their problematic universalization, have prevented further engagement with deontological and process-based principles, including a nuanced distributive sensitivity. As a result of such cross-fertilization, methodological individualism in an intercultural encounter is suggested, as well as continued engagement with pluriversal deliberation about key ethical values and notions regarding disaster risk and response.Originality/valueCalling for distributive bottom-up engagement beyond professional and academic boundaries, this article presents a new direction for decolonising disaster ethics, so far unexplored, seeking to bridge the value gap between development and disaster efforts, planning and prevention.

DISASTER ETHICS

2011 ◽  
pp. 473-494
Author(s):  
Leila Toiviainen ◽  
Elaine Daily
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Ethics

scholarly journals Disaster ethics

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bert Gordijn ◽  
Henk ten Have
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Ethics

Disaster Ethics

2018 ◽  
pp. 301-305
Author(s):  
L.M. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Ethics

scholarly journals Ethics and disasters in the work of Albert Schweitzer

Human Affairs ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarína Komenská
Keyword(s):  
Philosophical Thinking ◽  
Ethical Frameworks ◽  
Disaster Ethics ◽  
Moral Theories ◽  
Cultural Crisis ◽  
Reverence For Life

AbstractTraditional ethical frameworks are challenged in disaster settings as they are often too rigorous to be applied to such situations. Nonetheless, the role of moral theories in discussions on disasters should not be dismissed. Indeed, some of the ideas and concepts in traditional ethical frameworks and moral theories may be a source of inspiration in such debates. Therefore, the present paper presents the two main concepts in Albert Schweitzer’s philosophical thinking: the concept of cultural crisis and his understanding of ethics. These concepts form the basis of Schweitzer’s formulation of an ethics of the reverence for life as an answer to the cultural crisis and the need for a new ethics for a modern, humane civilisation. His thinking is reflected through the scope of disaster ethics and its potential to enrich discussions on disaster ethics is critically analysed.

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