1st Edition

Moral Challenges in a Pandemic Age

Edited By Evandro Barbosa Copyright 2023
326 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

326 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

326 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The COVID-19 pandemic, whose consequences will be felt in the long term, can be interpreted as a signal that we have been living in a pandemic age. A pandemic is humanity's common ground, so the moral problems inherent in it are of interest to everyone from now on. It brought a set of moral challenges that cannot be ignored.  This book – which emerged amid the novel coronavirus... Read more

Foreword Maxwell J. Smith

1. The pandemic age: An overview Evandro Barbosa

Part 1: Rationality and moral emotions

2. On the moral psychology of the pandemic agent Anneli Jefferson and Lisa Bortolotti 

3. Feeling lonely: Toward a phenomenological account of loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic Flavio Williges 

4. From fear to anger: An investigation of the relationship between negative emotions and populism in the context of COVID-19 Matheus Mesquita Silveira

5. "Nobody makes it alone": Toward a relational view of resilience Martina Orlandi  

Part 2: Virtues and traits of character

6. The COVID-19 pandemic and the language of virtues Denis Coitinho

7. An alternative model of ethics for global crises: Confucian relationism Jana S. Rošker 

8. Danse macabre: Levity and morality in a plague year Simone Gubler

9. Well-being in the time of COVID-19 Mauro Rossi   

Part 3: Social arrangements and moral conflicts 

10. Delving into denialism: Rationality, emotion, value, and trust in social context Leonardo de Mello Ribeiro 

11. COVID rule breakers and the social contract Peter R. Anstey 

12. Chance, consent, and COVID-19 Ryan Doody

13. Allocation of scarce intensive care units in COVID-19 and ageism Alcino Eduardo Bonella

Part 4: After COVID-19 life: Some moral issues

14. Faces of responsibility and moral agency in a pandemic age Evandro Barbosa and Thaís Alves Costa

15. Community, care, and social recognition in a post-COVID world of work Joshua Preiss 

16. The emerging field of pandemic ethics Marcelo de Araujo

Biography

Evandro Barbosa is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil, and a visiting scholar in the Department of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) Fellow, leading the project Pandemic and Human Relations: Moral Considerations in the Time of COVID-19. He also has received financial support from Brazilian research funding agencies to develop pandemic ethics-related projects (www.pandemiclives.com).