Quarantines: Between Precaution and Necessity. A Look at COVID-19

IF 1.4 3区哲学 Q2 ETHICS

Public Health Ethics Pub Date : 2021-01-25 DOI:10.1093/phe/phaa037

V. Raposo

引用次数: 9

Abstract

Abstract The events surrounding COVID-19, combined with the mandatory quarantines widely imposed in Asia and Europe since the virus outbreak, have reignited discussion of the balance between individual rights and liberties and public health during epidemics and pandemics. This article analyses this issue from the perspectives of precaution and necessity. There is a difficult relationship between these two seemingly opposite principles, both of which are frequently invoked in this domain. Although the precautionary principle (PP) encourages the use of quarantines, including mandatory quarantines, and associated restrictive measures, the principle of necessity (PN) puts a break on such measures. The COVID-19 pandemic reveals once again the different interrelations between these two principles. However, the alleged conflict between the PN and the PP is based on a superficial analysis. The relation between these two principles is far more complex, as this article will demonstrate.

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隔离:在预防和必要之间。透视COVID-19

围绕COVID-19的事件，加上自病毒爆发以来在亚洲和欧洲广泛实施的强制隔离，重新引发了关于流行病和大流行期间个人权利和自由与公共卫生之间平衡的讨论。本文从预防和必要性两个角度对这一问题进行了分析。这两个看似相反的原则之间存在一种困难的关系，这两个原则在这个领域中都经常被调用。虽然预防性原则(PP)鼓励使用隔离措施，包括强制隔离和相关的限制性措施，但必要性原则(PN)则禁止此类措施。2019冠状病毒病大流行再次揭示了这两个原则之间不同的相互关系。然而，所谓的PN和PP之间的冲突是基于一个肤浅的分析。正如本文将演示的那样，这两个原则之间的关系要复杂得多。

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Public Health Ethics PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-MEDICAL ETHICS

CiteScore

3.10

自引率

9.50%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

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