Ethical Obligations of Global Justice in the Midst of Global Pandemics: Radical redistribution and extensive reforms of global order

This paper considers the obligation higher income countries have to lower and middle income countries during a global pandemic. Further considers which reforms are needed to the global supply-chain of medical resources. The short-comings in distribution and medical infrastructure have exacerbated th...

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Authors: Hicks, Sarah (Author) ; Gurtler, Paula (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Linköping Univ. Electronic Press 2023
In: De Ethica
Year: 2023, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 44-62
Further subjects:B COVID-19 pandemic
B John Rawls
B Rectificatory Justice
B Global Justice
B Health-care distribution
B Thomas Pogge
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Summary:This paper considers the obligation higher income countries have to lower and middle income countries during a global pandemic. Further considers which reforms are needed to the global supply-chain of medical resources. The short-comings in distribution and medical infrastructure have exacerbated the health crisis in developing countries. Global justice demands radical redistribution of medical resources in order to prevent mass casualties. This is argued first by highlighting that the COVID-19 pandemic should be acknowledged as an issue of global justice, secondly, higher income countries ought to account for distribution inequity as a matter of rectifying past injustices, and thirdly argue for reform in distribution while considering the vaccine rollout as a prime example. We aim to show how the differences from country to country in response capabilities are a result of the economic foundation colonialism established and a direct result of cyclical poverty, which wealthy countries perpetuate to this day.
ISSN:2001-8819
Contains:Enthalten in: De Ethica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.237244