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Ethical aspects of pandemic public policy-making under uncertainty
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- Munthe, Christian, 1962 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori,Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science
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Heilinger, Jan-Christoph (author)
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Wild, Verina (author)
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- Bremen : KompetenzNetz Public Health Covid-19, 2021
- English.
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Abstract
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- Pandemic public policy-making requires far-reaching decisions in the context of severe and dynamic lack of information. This policy brief breaks down the ethical challenge of pandemic public policy-making under conditions of uncertainty into understandable parts, and elaborates how these may be approached in practice. A pandemic usually implies uncertainty about the spread of the infection, about its impacts for people and society, and the effects of policy measures undertaken in response to the pandemic. A precautionary approach is required, but precautionary reasoning must consider practicality, non-arbitrariness, proportionality and justification. Pandemic public policy making under uncertainty should avoid paralysis by limiting the space for precautionary reasoning; balance both uncertain harms and uncertain benefits; avoid false certainty bias; decrease uncertainty, while minding the price of precaution; take into consideration legitimacy but also public opinion and feelings; set, disclose and communicate underlying ethical values and principles; monitor and re-evaluate decisions and consequences. This paper is intended for those making and advising public policy decisions, including ethicists.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Medicinsk etik (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Medical Ethics (hsv//eng)
- HUMANIORA -- Filosofi, etik och religion -- Filosofi (hsv//swe)
- HUMANITIES -- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion -- Philosophy (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisation, hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy (hsv//eng)
- HUMANIORA -- Filosofi, etik och religion -- Etik (hsv//swe)
- HUMANITIES -- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion -- Ethics (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Covid-19
- SARS-CoV-2
- public health
- health policy
- ethics
- risk
- uncertainty
- precaution
- precautionary principle
- pandemic policy
Publication and Content Type
- vet (subject category)
- rap (subject category)
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