Moral and political dilemmas at the time of the coronavirus pandemic
the role of philosophical thinking
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9020.intelligere.2023.217737Keywords:
Moral and political dilemmas, Liberalism, Utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, Epistemic and moral virtuesAbstract
In this paper I propose a philosophical analysis of serious moral and politicaldilemmas we have been confronted with during the period of the pandemic of Covid-19, before and after the availabiity of vaccines. I draw on a variety of normative theories, mostly from moral philosophy, and try to provide a comparative assessment of the application of consequentialist and deontological principles, as well as of concepts of virtue ethics, with a view to highlighting their complementarity.
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