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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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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SCM Press
2022
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In: |
Concilium
Year: 2022, Issue: 2, Pages: 66-75 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Australia
/ COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Pandemic
/ Health system
/ Moral theology
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RelBib Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBS Australia; Oceania KDB Roman Catholic Church NCA Ethics ZC Politics in general |
Further subjects: | B
COVID-19 pandemic
B public housing B Public health |
Summary: | 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 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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