lifeboat ethic

lifeboat ethic
lifeboat ethic,
a principle of conduct which asserts that in a situation of peril priorities should be assigned according to urgency or expediency: »

The Age of Scarcity and accompanying new "life-boat ethic' threatens some basic American beliefs…and heightens the conflict between rich and poor (Richard J. Barnet).


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