Overview
- Joins theory and practice with scholarly content and guidance for readers to develop their own ethical selves
- Includes questions and cases in each chapter to facilitate discussion in traditional, online and hybrid classrooms
- Is an accessible philosophical text addressing one of the most important issues ever faced by humanity
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Public Health and Health Policy Ethics (SSPHHPE)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Ethics and pandemics, environmental crisis, social disorder
- COVID-19 pandemic
- Coronavirus
- Applied ethics
- Medical ethics
- Environmental ethics
- Business ethics
- Public health ethics
- Health policy ethics
- Human nature pre- and post-COVID-19
- Kant and deontology
- Concept of human dignity
- Utilitarianism and consequentialism
- Framing the greater good
- Social contract theory
- Concept of freedom
- Egoism and altruism
- The virtue of selfishness
- Virtue theory
- Theories of right action
About this book
This book is for readers who wish to understand the ethical implications of the COVID-19 pandemic — holistically — on communities, politics, the economy, the environment, international relations, public health, and, most importantly, on their own lives and their own futures. It also helps readers to think through the wide-ranging ethical implications of the new age of global pandemics.
The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed all of our lives to such an extent that no single publication will ever be able to capture its complexity. The book acknowledges this complexity by embracing interdisciplinary dialogue. It is open to diverse points of view, different ethical systems, and a wide variety of academic disciplines. It suggests three broad avenues to exploring the subject:
- Ethics for Pandemics: What ethical theories are useful for pandemic living?
- Ethics in Pandemics: How are long-standing ethical dilemmas revealed in pandemics?
- Ethics of Pandemics: How should politicians and public health professionals create ethical systems of pandemic management?
Interdisciplinary perspectives are another key feature of the book and reflect the important insights that many academic disciplines — medical ethics and public health, history, political science, economics, behavioral and evolutionary psychology, and climate science — bring to bear on the subject.
In the chapters, the author joins theory and practice, providing an overview of the major ethical theories:
- Kant and Deontology
- Utilitarianism and Consequentialist Ethics
- Social Contract Theory
- Egoism and Altruism
- Virtue Ethics
It then uses these theories to analyze both COVID-19 and also historical pandemics, including typhus, smallpox, the Black Death, HIV/AIDS, and polio.
Ethics and Pandemics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on COVID-19 and Future Pandemics prepares readers to better understand ethical living during times of crisis. While written for students pursuing any discipline, it is particularly suited for those seeking degrees in public health, health care, political science, and philosophy. Furthermore, non-specialized readers and members of the general public will find the book of interest.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Andrew Sola earned his Ph.D. from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. From 2004 to 2018, he was Professor of Philosophy and English at the University of Maryland Global Campus, where he taught philosophy, ethics, and English at a variety of locations in the UK, Italy, and Germany. His publications include scholarly articles on military ethics as well as philosophy. He is the co-author with PGA Professional Bruce Loome of The Philosophical Golfer, a two-volume history of philosophy. He is currently Professor of Business English at the FOM University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg, Germany, where he also teaches business ethics. He is a member of the board of Hamburg’s German-American Institute, the Amerikazentrum, where he produces the interdisciplinary podcast, The Trans-Atlanticist.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ethics and Pandemics
Book Subtitle: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on COVID-19 and Future Pandemics
Authors: Andrew Sola
Series Title: Springer Series in Public Health and Health Policy Ethics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33207-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-33206-7Published: 24 June 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-33209-8Due: 25 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-33207-4Published: 23 June 2023
Series ISSN: 2731-0124
Series E-ISSN: 2731-0132
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 229
Topics: Nursing Ethics, Ethics, Public Health, Business Ethics, Health Policy, Health Care Management