The Author
Tessman contributes as senior researcher at the University of Oslo, but she primarily works as a Professor of Philosophy at this New York institution.
Binghamton University
Shortly into the new millennium, Hurricane Katrina struck ground on the US' East Coast in late August of this year.
2005
Memorial Medical Center took in local refugees and sheltered many from the storm, but unfortunately lost this number of patients by the end of the rescue effort.
45
An action taken by someone who feels compelled or coerced to do so, or an event that affects someone who really has no say in the matter.
Unwilling act
Tessman wrote 3 books on philosophy, all of which were published by an office under this collegiate research center in the United Kingdom.
Oxford University Press
After making a pass over Florida, Hurricane Katrina brewed in the Gulf of Mexico to grow even larger, reaching the highest level on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
Category 5
When looking at the Memorial incident, Tessman argues that some of the factors that made the situation worse can be attributed to poor planning, profit motives, and this.
Climate change
This philosophical phrase doesn't seem to cover what is morally impossible, since a choice someone is forced to make is not always what they should do.
"ought implies can"
During her tenure under this organization's Eastern Division, Tessman wrote a presidential address titled "Holding Ourselves Responsible: When What Rightly Matters Doesn't Really Matter"
American Philosophical Association
Hurricane Katrina's estimated cost of damages IF they were calculated for the current value of the US dollar.
$200 Billion
Tessman analyzes the Memorial incident not because she knows what they should have done, but to acknowledge that the correct choice was:
impossible
It can be defined simply as someone's "duty" or "obligation" to do (or not do) something
moral requirement
While focusing on the nature of difficult moral decisions, Tessman's research is mostly geared toward feminist philosophy, moral psychology, and:
Ethics
It's no wonder that the coastal town of New Orleans suffered as much as it did during Hurricane Katrina, especially when storm surges were approximately this high.
28 ft
While many think that the staff at Memorial Hospital did as much as they could, very few may expect these doctors and nurses to go beyond the line of duty and perform this level of act.
Supererogatory
"That's just how I was raised" can be a simple answer for why someone does what they do, and it is a basic tenet of this learning theory.
Constructivism