Ubuntu Vis-à-Vis the Saying “We Are All in This Together” in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

IF 1.3 3区哲学 Q3 ETHICS

Developing World Bioethics Pub Date : 2026-09-12 Epub Date: 2025-10-30 DOI:10.1111/dewb.70010

John Mark Ogu

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Abstract

This article analyzes the interplay between Ubuntu's philosophy: “I am, because we are; and because we are, therefore I am” with the expression “We are all in this together,” which resounded mostly in North America and Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article argues that the expression “We are all in this together” directly or indirectly adopted Ubuntu's philosophy of relational solidarity in handling and navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. The expression implicitly acknowledges that pandemics can be mitigated through collaboration, shared responsibility, and relational solidarity.

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Ubuntu Vis-à-Vis在COVID-19大流行背景下的“我们都在一起”这句话。

本文分析了Ubuntu哲学之间的相互作用：“我存在，因为我们存在；因为我们在一起，所以我在一起”。在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间，这句话主要在北美和欧洲回响。本文认为，在处理和应对COVID-19大流行时，“我们都在一起”这一表达直接或间接地采用了Ubuntu的关系团结理念。这一表述含蓄地承认，可以通过合作、分担责任和相互关系的团结来缓解大流行病。

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Developing World Bioethics 医学-医学：伦理

CiteScore

4.50

自引率

4.50%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Developing World Bioethics provides long needed case studies, teaching materials, news in brief, and legal backgrounds to bioethics scholars and students in developing and developed countries alike. This companion journal to Bioethics also features high-quality peer reviewed original articles. It is edited by well-known bioethicists who are working in developing countries, yet it will also be open to contributions and commentary from developed countries'' authors. Developing World Bioethics is the only journal in the field dedicated exclusively to developing countries'' bioethics issues. The journal is an essential resource for all those concerned about bioethical issues in the developing world. Members of Ethics Committees in developing countries will highly value a special section dedicated to their work.