Ethical Failures of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-09196-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 279 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 391 g

This book draws attention to the non-biological—political, economic, societal and cultural—variables shaping both the emergence and persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the global response to it, with a particular focus on political decisionmakers’ role in the domestic and international politics surrounding the process of the pandemic. The book identifies the strategic and underlying ethical failures of decision making, using a process-tracing approach to reconstruct considerations, decisions and actions by key leaders—interested in thus weaving a global narrative of the response. The author highlights key speech acts, and interprets the causal implications embedded in a chronological and contextualised appraisal of events, statements and public health measures. The book further discusses the normative ethics of pandemic response, and presents lessons drawn from the present experience. It also offers a normative analysis taking into consideration pre-pandemic guidelines for response, including in the literature of public health ethics and pandemic preparedness plans.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marton, Péter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction and Analytic Framework.- Part I: War on Paper.- Chapter 2: Ethics in Governance: Pandemic Response as a Vital Interest.- Chapter 3: The Ethics of Response to Plague on Distant Shores.- Chapter 4: The Ethics of Practices in Pandemic Response.- Part II: Friction.- Chapter 5: The Need/Failure to Prepare and Prevent.- Chapter 6: The Need/Failure to Anticipate and Pre-empt.- Chapter 7: The Need/Failure to React, Adequately Prioritise and Persevere.- Chapter 8: The Need/Failure to Honestly Account and Take Responsibility.- Chapter 9: Lessons, Recommendations, Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Péter Marton is Associate Professor at Corvinus University, and Adjunct Professor at McDaniel College, Budapest, Hungary.