Freedom and viruses

dc.contributor.author Oberman, Kieran
dc.date.accessioned 2022-02-28T11:36:53Z
dc.date.available 2022-02-28T11:36:53Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.description.abstract A common argument against lockdowns is that they restrict freedom. On this view, lockdowns might be effective in protecting public health, but their impact on freedom is purely negative. This article challenges that view. It argues that while lockdowns restrict freedom, so too do viruses. Since viruses restrict freedom, and lockdowns protect us from viruses, lockdowns can protect us from the harmful effects that viruses have upon freedom. The problem we face is not necessarily freedom vs public health. Sometimes it is freedom itself – or its value or distribution - that provides reason for lockdowns.en
dc.description.sponsorship Work on this article received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement 842176.en
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dc.identifier.citation Forthcoming in Ethicsca
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/52587
dc.language.iso engca
dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/842176.
dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessca
dc.title Freedom and virusesca
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/preprintca
dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersionca

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