UNLV School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2040 W Charleston Blvd, 4th Floor, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
J Bioeth Inq. 2020 Dec;17(4):737-742. doi: 10.1007/s11673-020-10053-4. Epub 2020 Nov 9.
This article presents an argument related to justice obligations during a pandemic and explores implications of the argument. A just society responds to a serious threat to the well-being of its people such as a viral pandemic to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on the well-being of its members. This creates identifiable societal obligations which are discharged by the institutions and individuals within society that are situated to do so. There are therefore identifiable obligations resting on various societal institutions, such as government, churches, schools, and corporate institutions, as well as obligations resting on individuals. Should an institution or individual fail to act in ways consistent with these social obligations, they perpetrate an injustice on society and its members.
本文提出了一个与大流行期间的正义义务相关的论点，并探讨了该论点的含义。一个公正的社会会对其人民的福祉受到严重威胁（如病毒性大流行）做出回应，以减轻大流行对其成员福祉的影响。这就产生了可识别的社会义务，这些义务由处于有利地位的社会机构和个人来履行。因此，各种社会机构（如政府、教会、学校和企业机构）都有可识别的义务，个人也有义务。如果一个机构或个人未能以符合这些社会义务的方式行事，他们就是在对社会及其成员实施不公正。
