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...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Concilium |
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| Medienart: | Druck Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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SCM Press
2022
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Concilium
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| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Australia
/ COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Pandemic
/ Health system
/ Moral theology
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| RelBib Classification: | KAJ Kirchengeschichte 1914-; neueste Zeit KBS Australien; Ozeanien KDB Katholische Kirche NCA Ethik ZC Politik |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
COVID-19 pandemic
B public housing B Public health |
| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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