The Global and Social Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

This book directly addresses the social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. It does so by focusing on both the immediate effects during the pandemic and the lockdowns, as well as the issues related to the long-term social consequences that are likely to result from the economic crisis in the coming years. To date, most philosophical essays and books have focused on the health aspects of the pandemic, and in particular on the fields of medical ethics and public health ethics. Containing a truly international and interdisciplinary group of scholars, a unique and global perspective is offered on the rarely discussed social and economic consequences of the pandemic. This book is of great interest to academic philosophers, but also to researchers from the social sciences. "This collection contributes significantly to our understanding of the ethics of pandemics, drawing our attention to existing injustices and inequities that have been laid bare by the COVID crisis. Perhaps just as important is the way in which it seeks to connect theory to practice. In short, it provides a compelling identification of ethical issues and potential resolutions to injustices highlighted by the pandemic. It would be valuable for anyone working in areas of global justice, social justice, international ethics, immigration, or international political theory."

Joshua J. Kassner (Professor, Division of Legal, Ethical and Historical Studies, University of Baltimore)

"For those who wish to gain both a deep and wide understanding of the societal consequences of the Covid-19 global pandemic, especially with a focus on ethics and fairness from an expansive array of perspectives, a deep dive into this book will be time well spent. The book deserves to find its footing with as wide an audience as possible. It is both ambitious and timely."

Michael J. Stevens (Brady Distinguished Presidential Professor, Weber State University)

Autorentext

Gottfried Schweiger is a trained philosopher and has been working as a Senior Scientist at the Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research of the University of Salzburg since 2011. He was visiting researcher in St. Gallen and Bochum. Gottfried (co-)authored several peer-reviewed articles and chapters, (co-)edited volumes, and together with Gunter Graf he wrote two monographs on the philosophy of childhood (both published by Palgrave Macmillan). His latest publication are "Absolute Poverty in Europe. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on a Hidden Phenomenon" (Policy Press 2019, co-edited with Helmut P. Gaisbauer and Clemens Sedmak), the Special Issue "Global Justice for Children" (Journal of Global Ethics 2019, co-edited with Johannes Drerup) and "Poverty, Inequality and the Critical Theory of Recognition" (Springer 2020).

Inhalt

1. Introduction
   Gottfried Schweiger
   Section I: Social Ethics of Pandemic Policies
   
   2. Being Moral in Conditions of Scarcity: Hume visits Brazil in the Covid-19 pandemic
      Evandro Barbosa
   3. Using virtue ethics as a framework for COVID-19 policy interventions
      Sarah B. Garlington & Mary E Collins
   4. Ethical implications of COVID-19 policies: the case of Denmark
      Anne Lykkeskov & Ezio DiNucci
   5. Pandemic, democracy, and freedom
      Onni Hirvonen
      Section II: Reflections on Work and Economy
   6. Changing Property Relations due to Covid 19: A Comparative Study of Indian, German and the US-lockdown politics
      Christoph Henning
   7. Social Invisibility and the Production of Precarity: Reflections on the Vulnerability of the Informal Workforce in India in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
      Urmi Bhattacharyya
   8. Recognition, employment and the social crisis in times of COVID-19 and beyond
      Gottfried Schweiger
   9. COVID-19: Injustice or Misfortune?
      Vittorio Bufacchi
      Section III: Reflections on the Situation of Women, Families and Children
   10. What I talk about when I talk about care: Covid-19 and variation in values
       Teresa Baron
   11. So close, so far: Vulnerability and sexual and reproductive rights in the COVID-19 era
       Ester Massó Guijarro & Rosana Triviño Caballero
   12. The rights of children of prisoners during a pandemic
       William Bülow O'Nils
   13. Education of Children from Indigenous Communities in Malaysia during COVID-19 and Beyond: An analysis of the notion of fairness
       Nur Surayyah Madhubala Abdullah & Hema Letchamanan
   14. From the lecture hall into the kids' room. Ethical-theological reflections on the family as a place of refuge in times of crisis
       Caroline Teschmer & Kathrin Lose
       Section IV: Reflections on Migration
   15. The Ethics of Bilateral Labor Agreements for Global Nurses in the time of Pandemic
       Klein Fernandez
   16. Power, vulnerability and the effects of COVID-19 on migrants held by the detention industry in the United States
       Gabriela Mezzanotti & Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
   17. The impact of COVID-19 on refugee women
       Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi
   18. The Moral and Political Implications of the Covid19 Pandemic on Undocumented Migrants
       Noemi Magnani & Rachelle Bascara