Publication
Title
Pandemic risk and standpoint epistemology : a matter of solidarity
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Abstract
Current and past pandemics have several aspects in common. It is expected that all members of society contribute to beat it. But it is also clear that the risks associated with the pandemic are different for different groups. This makes that appeals to solidarity based on technocratic risk calculations are only partially successful. Objective ‘risks of transmission’ may, for example, be trumped by risks of letting down people in need of help or by missing out certain opportunities in life. In this paper we argue that a rapprochement of the insights of standpoint epistemology with pandemic science and pandemic policy making may be an important step toward making pandemic science more accurate and pandemic calls for solidarity more effective.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Health care analysis. - Chichester, 1993, currens
Publication
Chichester : 2022
ISSN
1065-3058 [print]
1573-3394 [online]
DOI
10.1007/S10728-021-00443-Z
Volume/pages
30 :2 (2022) , p. 146-162
ISI
000710818700001
Pubmed ID
34697719
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
Epigenetics, experience and responsibility: implications for neurodevelopmental disorders (NEUROEPIGENETHICS).
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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