Full Idea
If more lives are to be saved in natural disasters, what is needed is spontaneity on the part of the rescuers, a willingness not to stop and think but to act spontaneously.
Gist of Idea
Rescue operations need spontaneous benevolence, not careful thought
Source
Gordon Graham (Eight Theories of Ethics [2004], Ch.7)
Book Reference
Graham,Gordon: 'Eight Theories of Ethics' [Routledge 2004], p.144
A Reaction
This seems right, but must obviously be applied with caution, as when people are drowned attempting hopeless rescues. The most valuable person in an earthquake may be the thinker, not the digger.