Disasters, both natural and manufactured, provide ample
opportunities for official coercion. Authorities may enact
quarantines, force evacuations, and commandeer people and supplies
-- all in the name of the public's health. When might such extreme
actions be justified, and how does a democratic society ensure that
public officials exercise care and forethought to avoid running
roughshod over human rights?
In The Ethics of Coercion in Mass Casualty Medicine, Griffin
Trotter explores these fundamental questions with skepticism,
debunking myths in pursuit of an elusive ethical balance between
individual liberties and public security. Through real-life and
hypothetical case studies, Trotter discusses when forced compliance
is justified and when it is not, how legitimate force should be
exercised and implemented, and what societies can do to protect
themselves against excessive coercion. The guidelines that emerge
are both practical and practicable.
Drawing on core concepts from bioethics, political philosophy,
public health, sociology, and medicine, this timely book lays the
groundwork for a new vision of official disaster response based on
preventing and minimizing the need for coercive action.
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