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Addressing Pandemic Disparities: Equity and Neutral Conceptions of Justice

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Abstract

The chapter begins by characterizing the COVID-19 disparities affecting BIPOC populations and summarizing research putting these disparities in historical context. It then presents a model explaining why these disparities arise. This background information grounds a discussion of why these disparities constitute inequities, and what justice requires in these circumstances. The analysis focuses primarily on obligations during pandemic but acknowledges that obligations do not end when pandemic does. It considers alternative conceptions of justice, focusing on questions about whether it is permissible to take race and ethnicity into account in pandemic response initiatives.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationInternational Library of Bioethics
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages195-218
Number of pages24
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Publication series

NameInternational Library of Bioethics
Volume95
ISSN (Print)2662-9186
ISSN (Electronic)2662-9194

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.

Keywords

  • Equal opportunity
  • Fair process
  • Health equity
  • Justice
  • Pandemic ethics
  • Racial and ethnic health disparities

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