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The Ethics and Epistemology of Vaccine Hesitancy book cover

1st Edition

The Ethics and Epistemology of Vaccine Hesitancy

Edited By Sven Bernecker, Thomas Edward Sorell Copyright 2027
304 Pages
by Routledge

Philosophers have long discussed the ethical and epistemological issues raised by vaccines, but these issues have assumed new significance since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This volume focuses on vaccine hesitancy as a case of deep overlap of ethics and epistemology. Vaccine hesitancy stems from a range of concerns, many of which are fueled by misunderstandings about vaccine... Read more

Introduction Tom Sorell and Sven Bernecker 

Part I: Epistemology 

1. The Puzzle of Vaccine Willingness Stephen John 

2. Vaccination and Russian Roulette Sven Bernecker 

3. Vaccine-Hesitancy and Legitimate Epistemic Exclusion Klemens Kappel 

4.  Can a Trustworthy Vaccination Policy thwart Distrust? Marcel Verweij 

 

Part II: Ethics and Politics 

5. When Faith and Science Collide: Resistance to Public Health Interventions during Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa Nancy S. Jecker, Rose Mary Amenga-Etego and Caesar A. Atuire 

6. Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in Disadvantaged Communities: Authority, Knowledge, and Trust Nicole Hassoun 

7. The Reasonableness of COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Hesitancy Joshua Kelsall 

8. The Liberal Normal vs Urgency in Covid Response Tom Sorell 

9. Reevaluating Coercive Measures in Pediatric Vaccination: Ethics and Evidence Mark Navin. 

 

Index 

Biography

Sven Bernecker is Humboldt Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cologne, Germany and Chancellor’s Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine, USA. His primary areas of research are epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind. He is the author of Reading Epistemology (2026), The Metaphysics of Memory (2008), and Memory (2010). He is co-editor of Knowledge (2000), The Routledge Companion to Epistemology (2011), The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Memory (2017), Medical Knowledge in a Social World (2019), The Epistemology of Fake News (2021), and Kant and Contemporary Epistemology (2022).

Thomas Edward Sorell is Professor of Politics and Philosophy at the University of Warwick, UK and Head of the Interdisciplinary Ethics Research Group. He has published  dozens of articles in moral and political philosophy and eight books: Hobbes (1986),  Descartes (1987), Moral Theory and Capital Punishment (1987), Scientism: Philosophy and the Infatuation with Science (1991), Business Ethics (1994), Moral Theory and Anomaly ( 2000), Descartes Reinvented (2005), and Emergencies and Politics: A Sober Hobbesian Approach (2013).

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