Hurricane Katrina

Paper Summary:

The paper describes how Hurricane Katrina swept full-force through New Orleans during the latter part of 2005 and the city was tragically unprepared. The paper explains that this lack of preparation can be blamed on a variety of factors, but what has been most publicized is the slow response of the White House to the disaster. The paper demonstrates how President Bush appeared to have been oblivious to the nature of the crisis involved. The paper maintains that the government is more concerned with protecting its public image than with the actual alleviation of human suffering. The paper concludes that Katrina has taught some terrible lessons that will only carry weight if the government takes responsibility.

From the Paper:

"What is interesting about the ensuing debate regarding the government's attempts to remedy this discrepancy is that the most hotly contested issues are raging between the Republicans and the Democrats. The issue has therefore become a purely political one, rather than a social or infrastructure one. It appears that the issue of how to avert the mistakes in the future seems to have been clouded by political parties attempting to demonize each other for their failure to respond adequately to the disaster."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Baker, Peter & Hsu, Spencer S. Katrina Video Refuels Debate Over Response. In The Washington Post, March 3, 2006. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ content/article/2006/03/02/AR2006030202130.html
• Johnson, Robert, "Kant's Moral Philosophy", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2004 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2004/entries/kant-moral.
• Kraut, Richard, "Aristotle's Ethics", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2005 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2005/entries/aristotle-ethics.
• Leiter, Brian, "Nietzsche's Moral and Political Philosophy", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2004 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.) http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2004/entries/nietzsche-moral-political.
• Thomas, Evan. Gulf Hurricanes: How Bush blew it. In Newsweek, Sept 19, 2005. NSNBC.com, 2006. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9287434

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