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A discussion of the defining ethical challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, featuring world-renowned experts in ethics, public health, law, economics, public policy, and beyond. Hosted by Joshua Preiss, Director of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) at Minnesota State University, Mankato and the author of Just Work for All: The American Dream in the 21st Century (Routledge 2021). Visit pandemic-ethics.com for more information on recent and upcoming episodes.Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Covid-19 ethics and public policy • vaccine mandates, trials, allocation, intellectual property • pandemic modeling, evidence for lockdowns • equity: race, poverty, global distribution • work, care labor, nursing, childcare • business duties • debt, property law, inequalityThis podcast examines ethical questions raised by the Covid-19 pandemic through conversations with scholars and practitioners in philosophy, law, economics, public health, and public policy. Across the discussions, it explores how governments and other institutions should make decisions under uncertainty and risk, including what it means to “follow the science” when data are limited and models are imperfect, and what duties officials have to rely on robust evidence when implementing measures such as lockdowns.
A major focus is vaccine ethics: whether vaccination mandates are justified and what different mandates might look like for states versus employers and private organizations; how to allocate vaccines fairly when supply is scarce; how to evaluate the ethics of ongoing clinical trials once vaccines receive emergency authorization; and how intellectual property rules affect global vaccine access, distribution efficiency, and proposals such as a “people’s vaccine.”
The podcast also addresses the pandemic’s economic and social consequences and the responsibilities of various actors. Topics include rising sovereign debt and the ethical principles that should guide repayment, debt relief, and the roles of creditors and international institutions. It considers business responsibilities during overlapping public health and economic crises, as well as how property and legal structures can shape inequality and security in emergencies.
Attention is given to essential work and care labor, including nursing and childcare, and to how policies and institutions recognize—or fail to recognize—the value, risks, and power imbalances faced by workers. The discussions also analyze how historical injustice and the racial wealth divide influence vulnerability and how policy might reduce health and economic disparities in a post-pandemic society.
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Should Vaccination Be Mandatory? 2021-May-04 44 minutes |
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Modeling the Covid-19 Pandemic 2021-Apr-05 42 minutes |
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Responsibility for Debt and Crisis 2021-Mar-22 47 minutes |
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Covid, Poverty, and Intellectual Property 2021-Feb-24 42 minutes |
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Covid-19 and the Future of Work 2021-Feb-17 34 minutes |
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Vaccine Ethics 2021-Feb-08 27 minutes |
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Childcare in the Time of Covid 2021-Feb-01 27 minutes |
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Nursing in a Pandemic 2021-Jan-18 31 minutes |
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Business Ethics in a Pandemic 2021-Jan-10 48 minutes |
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Care in Crisis 2021-Jan-04 52 minutes |
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Race, Justice, and the Pandemic 2020-Dec-16 35 minutes |
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Who Gets the Vaccine First? 2020-Dec-10 25 minutes |
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Property Law and the Pandemic 2020-Dec-02 22 minutes |
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Risk, Ethics, and Public Policy During the Covid-19 Pandemic. 2020-Nov-22 45 minutes |