COVID-19: Another Look at Solidarity

Is there such a thing as corona solidarity? Does voluntary mutual aid solve the problems caused by COVID-19? I argue that the answer to the first question is “yes” and to the second “no.” Not that the answer to the second question could not, in an ideal world, be “yes,” too. It is just that in this...

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Main Author: Häyry, Matti (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2022
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 256-262
Further subjects:B Justice
B copathy
B Covid-19
B Corona
B Equality
B Solidarity
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