Political philosophy in a pandemic : routes to a more just future / edited by Fay Niker and Aveek Bhattacharya.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Niker, Fay, editor.

Bhattacharya, Aveek, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

COVID-19 (Disease)--Philosophy.

COVID-19 (Disease).

COVID-19 (Disease)--Political aspects.

Epidemics--Philosophy.

Epidemics.

Philosophy.

Social and Political Philosophy (Philosophy).

Political Theory and Philosophy (Politics).

Ethics and Moral Philosophy (Philosophy).

Local Subjects:

Philosophy.

Social and Political Philosophy (Philosophy).

Political Theory and Philosophy (Politics).

Ethics and Moral Philosophy (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.

Summary:

"Government lockdowns, school closures, mass unemployment, health and wealth inequality. Political Philosophy in a Pandemic asks us, where do we go from here? What are the ethics of our response to a radically changed, even more unequal society, and how do we seize the moment for enduring change? Addressing the moral and political implications of pandemic response from states and societies worldwide, the 20 essays collected here cover the most pressing debates relating to the biggest public health crisis in the last century. Discussing the pandemic in five key parts covering social welfare, economic justice, democratic relations, speech and misinformation, and the relationship between justice and crisis, this book reflects the fruitful combination of political theory and philosophy in laying the theoretical and practical foundations for justice in the long-term"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

List of contributors

Foreword by Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengrave

1. Introduction, Aveek Battacharya (Social Market Foundation, UK), Fay Niker (University of Stirling, UK)

Part I Social welfare and vulnerability

2. Risk, disadvantage and the COVID-19 crisis, Jonathan Wolff (University of Oxford, UK), Avner de-Shalit (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

3. How should we distribute scarce medical resources in a pandemic? Sara Van Goozen (University of York, UK)

4. Assessing the impact of school closures on children through a vulnerability lens, Nicolás Brando (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Katarina Pitasse Fragoso (São Paulo University, Brazil)

5. Adequate housing in a pandemic, David Jenkins (University of Otago, Canada), Katy Wells (University of Warwick, UK), Kimberley Brownlee (University of British Columbia, Canada)

Part II Economic justice

6. Should the older generation pay more of the COVID-19 debt? David Yarrow (University of Edinburgh, UK)

7. Rebuilding social insurance to end economic precarity, Lisa Herzog (University of Groningen, Netherlands)

8. Pandemic solidarity and universal basic income, Diana Popescu (King's College London, UK)

Part III Democratic relations

9. Legitimating pandemic-responsive policy: Whose voices count when? Rowan Cruft (University of Stirling, UK)

10. Living alone under lockdown, Felix Pinkert (University of Vienna, Austria)

11.Should we hold elections during a pandemic? Alexandru Volacu (University of Bucharest, Hungary)

12. The pandemic and our democratic way of life, Marc Stears (University of Sydney, Australia)

Part IV Speech and (mis)information

13.Coronavirus misinformation, social media, and freedom of speech, Jeffrey Howard (University College London, UK)

14. What is the democratic state's obligation of transparency in times of crisis? Rebecca Lowe (King's College London, UK)

15. Deferring to expertise in public health emergencies, Viktor Ivankovic (Institute of Philosophy, Croatia), Lovro Savic (University of Oxford, UK)

16. Should we shame those who ignore social distancing guidelines? Paul Billingham (University of Oxford, UK), Tom Parr (University of Warwick, UK)

Part V Crisis and justice

17. Harnessing the epistemic value of crises for just ends, Matthew Adams (Indiana University Bloomington, USA), Fay Niker (University of Stirling, UK)

18. Living through the pandemic: an experiment in egalitarian living for the middle classes? Anca Gheaus (Central European University, Hungary)

19. Coronavirus and climate change: What can the former teach us about the latter?

Julia Hermann (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands), Katharina Bauer (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands), Christian Baatz (University of Kiel, Germany)

20. Pandemic as political theory, Adam Swift (University College London, UK)

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781350225930

1350225932

9781350225923

1350225924

9781350225916

1350225916

OCLC:

1238132301