TY  - BOOK
AU  - Niker,Fay
AU  - Bhattacharya,Aveek
TI  - Political philosophy in a pandemic: routes to a more just future 
SN  - 9781350225893
U1  - 362.1962414 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Bloomsbury Academic
KW  - COVID-19 (Disease)
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Epidemics
N1  - Foreword; Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve --; Introduction; Aveek Bhattacharya and Fay Niker --; I. Social welfare and vulnerability --; Risk, disadvantage and the Covid-19 crisis; Jonathan Wolff and Avner de-Shalit --; How should we distribute scarce medical resources in a pandemic?; Sara Van Goozen --; Assesing the impact of school closures on children through a vulnerability lens; Nicolás Brando and Katarina Pitasse Fragoso --; Adequate housing in a pandemic; David Jenkins, Katy Wells and Kimberley Brownlee --; II. Economic justice --; Should the older generation pay more of the Covid-19 debt?; David Yarrow --; Rebuilding social insurance to end economic precarity; Lisa Herzog --; Pandemic solidarity and universal basic income; Diana Popescu --; III. Democratic relations --; Legitimating pandemic-responsive policy : whose voices count when?; Rowan Cruft --; Living alone under lockdown; Felix Pinkert --; Should we hold elections during a pandemic?; Alexandru Volacu --; The pandemic and our democratic way of life; Marc Stears --; IV. Speech and (mis)information --; Coronavirus misinformation, social media and freedom of speech; Jeffrey Howard --; What is the democratics state's obligation of transparency in times of crisis?; Rebecca Lowe --; Deferring to expertise in public health emergencies; Viktor Ivanković and Lovro Savić --; Should we shame those who ignore social distancing guidelines?; Paul Billingham and Tom Parr --; V. Crisis and justice --; Harnessing the epistemic value of crises for just ends; Matthew Adams and Fay Niker --; Living through the pandemic : an experiment in egalitarian living for the middle classes?; Anca Gheaus --; Coronavirus and climate change : what can the former teach us about the latter?; Julia Hermann, Katharina Bauer and Christian Baatz --; Pandemic as political theory; Adam Swift
N2  - "Government lockdowns, school closures, mass unemployment, health and wealth inequality. Political Philosophy in a Pandemic asks us, where do we go from here? What are the ethics of our response to a radically changed, even more unequal society, and how do we seize the moment for enduring change? Addressing the moral and political implications of pandemic response from states and societies worldwide, the 20 essays collected here cover the most pressing debates relating to the biggest public health crisis in the last century. Discussing the pandemic in five key parts covering social welfare, economic justice, democratic relations, speech and misinformation, and the relationship between justice and crisis, this book reflects the fruitful combination of political theory and philosophy in laying the theoretical and practical foundations for justice in the long-term"--
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