Pandemics, bioethics and social distancing: the relation between social and individual interests
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https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.v7iesp.55342Keywords:
Bioethics, Politics, Common good, Pandemics, PellegrinoAbstract
This work aims to provide an ethical approach to the tension between individual and collective interests during the new coronavirus pandemics. This conflict occurs because of the State interventions through measures adopted to stem the Covid19 spread, such as isolation, lockdown, social distance, and use of masks in public places. These measures have been seen by a large number of individuals as restrictions going against personal interests, specially concerning economic interests or leisure. For this reflection, the Aristotle's conceptions of politics, eudaimonia, and common good will be rescued, and the bioethical approach of the aristotelians Pellegrino and Thomasma about the defense of the good (in this case, meaning health) over the (individual) rights will be presented.
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