Solidarity as a companion virtue in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Solidarity as a companion virtue in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

This paper establishes that there is a need to turn to virtue ethics in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that the virtue of solidarity can be a companion virtue to compassion for medical frontline workers and other individuals involved. Like compassion, the virtue of solidarity is a rem...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of public health (Oxford, England) England), 2021-06, Vol.43 (2), p.e315-e316
Hauptverfasser: Galang, Joseph Renus F, Gopez, Jose Ma W, Capulong, Harvey Gain M, Gozum, Ivan Efreaim A
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper establishes that there is a need to turn to virtue ethics in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that the virtue of solidarity can be a companion virtue to compassion for medical frontline workers and other individuals involved. Like compassion, the virtue of solidarity is a reminder that everyone is in this crisis together and that each is responsible for all.
ISSN:1741-3842
1741-3850
DOI:10.1093/pubmed/fdab024