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A discussion of the defining ethical challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, featuring world-renowned experts in ethics, public health, law, economics, public policy, and beyond. Hosted by Joshua Preiss, Director of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) at Minnesota State University, Mankato and the author of Just Work for All: The American Dream in the 21st Century (Routledge 2021). Visit pandemic-ethics.com for more information on recent and upcoming episodes.Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Covid-19 ethical challenges • vaccine mandates, trials, prioritization, distribution, intellectual property • pandemic modeling, evidence, lockdown policy • care work, nursing, childcare • work, automation, inequality • race, justice • debt, property law, business responsibilitiesThis podcast examines ethical questions raised by the Covid-19 pandemic through conversations with scholars and practitioners in philosophy, bioethics, public health, law, economics, and public policy. Across episodes, it focuses on how governments, employers, and other institutions should balance individual liberty, collective welfare, and fairness when responding to infectious disease risk. A recurring theme is the ethics of vaccination, including questions about whether and how vaccination requirements could be justified, how vaccine trials should proceed once effective products exist, and what principles should guide equitable allocation when supply is limited.
The show also explores the role of evidence and uncertainty in policymaking, including the promises and limitations of pandemic modeling, the importance of data collection, and what it means to “trust the science” when decisions carry significant social and economic costs. Economic justice features prominently, with discussions of sovereign debt and crisis responsibility, global poverty, and how intellectual property rules shape vaccine development and access, including proposals to alter IP arrangements while compensating innovators.
Several conversations consider how the pandemic affects work and essential services, including the status, protections, and resources available to nurses, childcare providers, and other care workers, as well as broader labor-market trends such as automation, digitization, and inequality. The podcast further addresses structural inequities—particularly race and wealth disparities—and investigates how legal and economic systems, including property law and business practices, can amplify vulnerability during crises and influence prospects for a more secure recovery.
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Should Vaccination Be Mandatory? 2021-May-04 44 minutes |
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Modeling the Covid-19 Pandemic 2021-Apr-05 42 minutes |
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Responsibility for Debt and Crisis 2021-Mar-22 47 minutes |
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Covid, Poverty, and Intellectual Property 2021-Feb-24 42 minutes |
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Covid-19 and the Future of Work 2021-Feb-17 34 minutes |
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Vaccine Ethics 2021-Feb-08 27 minutes |
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Childcare in the Time of Covid 2021-Feb-01 27 minutes |
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Nursing in a Pandemic 2021-Jan-18 31 minutes |
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Business Ethics in a Pandemic 2021-Jan-10 48 minutes |
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Care in Crisis 2021-Jan-04 52 minutes |
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Race, Justice, and the Pandemic 2020-Dec-16 35 minutes |
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Who Gets the Vaccine First? 2020-Dec-10 25 minutes |
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Property Law and the Pandemic 2020-Dec-02 22 minutes |
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Risk, Ethics, and Public Policy During the Covid-19 Pandemic. 2020-Nov-22 45 minutes |