In war, a certain amount of lives lost is deemed morally acceptable in the defence of certain social values. More often than not, it's the young who lose their lives so the rest of society may flourish. During the COVID pandemic, the young are once again in the firing line - with their biographical rather than biological lives sacrificed. Should we be less accepting of this ethical assumption, and is it time for older generations to consider putting the young first, asks Hugo Slim.
War ethics and COVID
Biological and biographical sacrifice
10th November 2020
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Jerrold Cantrell 23 August 2021
Instead of blaming each other, we need to step up against covid-19 to vanish this virus from mother earth. World leaders need to guide their nations to take suitable measures to avoid spreading this killer virus. I have been thinking to visit Edu birdie source to read authentic reviews of the people about online writers so that I could get the best writer for assistance in an essay that I am writing about this topic.
brian Daly 1 14 November 2020
one of the most repellent and viciously sadistic moral arguments I have read so far in the covid debate. I can only come to the conclusion that it is willfully provocative in the guise of trying to be original. to save one life old or young is the to save the world entire .i hope such nihilism is not widespread but I fear it is. also it is a completely eurocentric view of the world and our older population which is to be found nowhere in east Asian society.God help us all if there are people who find this persuasive.
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