TERESA BARON TERESA.BARON@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Nottingham Research Fellow
TERESA BARON TERESA.BARON@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Nottingham Research Fellow
Gottfried Schweiger
Editor
The economic crash of 2008 demonstrated the fragility of financial systems throughout the world; COVID-19, as the first pandemic in over a century to wreak global havoc, has demonstrated the fragility of healthcare systems. At the time of writing, the virus has been with us for a little over a year, and concerted vaccination efforts have begun. At the same time, several variants (some significantly more infectious than others) of SARS-CoV2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have emerged in different countries, sparking a new wave of border closures and local lockdowns, and a new wave of debates over the right way for governments and individuals alike to respond to the pandemic. The response of governments around the world has been far from synchronised over the last year, but almost without exception, they have made significant efforts to reduce the public health impact of the pandemic – overall, the preservation of life and health has been prioritised at the cost of material and financial goods and other widely used metrics of socio-political success. In this chapter, I suggest that a taking a care ethics perspective allows us to elucidate the important place of caring duties and caring relationships in ethical evaluation of pandemic management strategies. Government action and public attitudes alike demonstrate that care – concern for the wellbeing of others – has had significant normative force in motivating decision-making and shaping ethical responses to COVID-19.
Baron, T. (2022). COVID-19, Care Ethics, and Vulnerability. In G. Schweiger (Ed.), The Global and Social Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ethical and Philosophical Reflection (157-176). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97982-9_10
Online Publication Date | Jul 1, 2022 |
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Publication Date | Jul 1, 2022 |
Deposit Date | Aug 5, 2024 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Pages | 157-176 |
Series Title | Studies in Global Justice |
Series Number | 1212 |
Series ISSN | 1871-1456 |
Book Title | The Global and Social Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ethical and Philosophical Reflection |
ISBN | 978-3-030-97981-2 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97982-9_10 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/37949388 |
Publisher URL | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-97982-9_10 |
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