Inequalities and Bioethics in Public Health During Covid-19: An Australian Perspective
In this article, I draw from the experience of the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia to study how public health bioethics influences political decision-making. Using the case studies of a lockdown of public housing apartments and hotel quarantine workers, I argue that when...
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Τύπος μέσου: | Εκτύπωση Άρθρο |
Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
Journals Online & Print: | |
Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
Έκδοση: |
2022
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Στο/Στη: |
Concilium
Έτος: 2022, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 66-75 |
Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Australien
/ COVID-19
/ Πανδημία
/ Υπηρεσίες υγείας
/ Ηθική θεολογία
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Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | KAJ Εκκλησιαστική Ιστορία 1914-, Σύγχρονη Εποχή KBS Αυστραλία, Ωκεανία KDB Καθολική Εκκλησία NCA Ηθική ZC Πολιτική |
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
COVID-19 pandemic
B Δημόσια υγεία B public housing |
Σύνοψη: | In this article, I draw from the experience of the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia to study how public health bioethics influences political decision-making. Using the case studies of a lockdown of public housing apartments and hotel quarantine workers, I argue that when the good end of containing the virus is used to justify any means to achieve this, essential moral goods are sacrificed. Against this perspective, I suggest that several tools of theological ethics provide an important corrective, and should be advanced in a prophetic way to assure the dignity of all. |
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ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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