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dc.contributor.author |
Beran, Ondřej
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dc.date.accessioned |
2023-07-12T13:06:55Z |
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dc.date.available |
2023-07-12T13:06:55Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2022 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1335-0668 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/10195/81116 |
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dc.description.abstract |
In this paper, I discuss some moral dilemmas related to the COVID-19 crisis and their framing (mainly) in the public debate. The key assumption to engage with is this: that we need primarily to take into account the long-term economic consequences of the pro-posed safety measures of social distancing. I argue that the long-term economic concerns, though legitimate, cannot suspend the irreducibly moral nature of the demand placed on the decision-makers by those who are vulnerable, at risk, or in need of medical treatment. This is discussed in relation to two points: 1) The political endeavour and rhetoric of "flattening the curve" is not necessarily short-sighted, but expresses the acknowledgment of a legitimate expectation placed on elected representatives. 2) Not being able to prevent harm (to those who are in real need, or otherwise vulnerable) may lead to a genuine moral distress, even if it is not clear whether it was in one's, or any-body's, powers to prevent the situation, or even if the best possible outcome has been otherwise reached. The second point may be un-derstood as a part of the broader context of the established criticisms of utilitarianism. |
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dc.format |
p. 174-199 |
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dc.language.iso |
eng |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Organon F, volume 29, issue: 2 |
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dc.rights |
open access |
eng |
dc.rights.uri |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode |
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dc.subject |
COVID-19 crisis |
eng |
dc.subject |
economic concerns |
eng |
dc.subject |
moral dilemmas |
eng |
dc.subject |
moral luck |
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dc.subject |
remorse |
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dc.title |
Flattening the Curve of Moral Imagination |
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dc.title.alternative |
Zploštit křivku morální imaginace |
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dc.type |
article |
eng |
dc.peerreviewed |
yes |
eng |
dc.publicationstatus |
published |
eng |
dc.identifier.doi |
10.31577/orgf.2022.29201 |
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dc.relation.publisherversion |
https://www.sav.sk/journals/uploads/05300752orgf.2022.29201.pdf |
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dc.rights.licence |
CC BY-NC 4.0 |
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dc.project.ID |
EF15_003/0000425/Centrum pro etiku jako studium hodnoty člověka |
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dc.identifier.scopus |
2-s2.0-85132359829 |
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dc.identifier.obd |
39887951 |
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