The Ethics of Lockdown: Communication, Consequences, and the Separateness of Persons

IF 1.1 4区 哲学 Q3 ETHICS
S. John
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ABSTRACT:Are lockdown measures ethically justified? This paper outlines some of the key issues relevant to answering that question, paying particular attention to how decisions are framed. Section 1 argues that ethical reasoning about lockdown ought to be guided by a distinction between prudential and ethical reasons, grounded in a concern to respect the separateness of persons, but also that—as public health messaging implies—it can be unclear whether measures are in individuals’ prudential interests or not. Section 2 suggests that a similar set of problems affect attempts to adopt alternative cost-benefit-analysis frameworks for assessing lockdown. Section 3 suggests an answer to these shared problems: we need a process for determining when wellbeing claims and systems of categorization are ethically apt. Section 4 argues that settling the question of aptness is our key ethical task in assessing lockdown.
封锁的伦理:沟通、后果和人的分离
摘要:封锁措施在道德上合理吗?本文概述了与回答这个问题相关的一些关键问题,特别关注决策是如何制定的。第1节认为,关于封锁的道德推理应该以谨慎和道德原因之间的区别为指导,基于对尊重人的独立性的关注,但正如公共卫生信息所暗示的那样,可能不清楚这些措施是否符合个人的谨慎利益。第2节表明,类似的一系列问题影响了采用替代成本效益分析框架评估封锁的尝试。第3节提出了解决这些共同问题的答案:我们需要一个过程来确定福利声明和分类系统何时在道德上合适。第4节认为,解决合适问题是我们评估封锁的关键道德任务。
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期刊介绍: The Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal offers a scholarly forum for diverse views on major issues in bioethics, such as analysis and critique of principlism, feminist perspectives in bioethics, the work of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, active euthanasia, genetics, health care reform, and organ transplantation. Each issue includes "Scope Notes," an overview and extensive annotated bibliography on a specific topic in bioethics, and "Bioethics Inside the Beltway," a report written by a Washington insider updating bioethics activities on the federal level.
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