Pandemic pondering - 10 new ethical problems

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 May Pandemic pondering Pandemic pondering - 10 new ethical problems 07/05/2020 | 8 MINS As WA works out how to wind back some of its COVID restrictions without becoming complacent, there are still many important ethical issues that we are grappling with as a society. LIT's Dr Nin Kirkham, who teaches Critical Thinking, Continental Philosophy and Ethics in the School of Humanities, helps us hone in on the key issues. WA is fortunate to be in a low-COVID bubble, while much of the rest of the world battles the COVID storm. How do we deal with the ethical problems that arise from that? ΓÇ£In some ways, the ΓÇÿethical problemΓÇÖ of living in WA in a low-COVID bubble is just a more immediate and obvious ethical problem that besets people in western liberal democracies the world over, and people living in WA especially. ΓÇÿWhy should we have it so good, and be so protected from the hardships and privations that the majority of people in the world face? Why shouldnΓÇÖt we?ΓÇÖ These are hard questions to answer.ΓÇ¥ Who should be involved in making the decis

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 May Pandemic pondering Pandemic pondering - 10 new ethical problems 07/05/2020 | 8 MINS As WA works out how to wind back some of its COVID restrictions without becoming complacent, there are still many important ethical issues that we are grappling with as a society.

LIT's Dr Nin Kirkham, who teaches Critical Thinking, Continental Philosophy and Ethics in the School of Humanities, helps us hone in on the key issues.

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