School of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney, Carslaw Building, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Monash Bioeth Rev. 2022 Jun;40(1):17-39. doi: 10.1007/s40592-021-00140-6. Epub 2021 Nov 27.
Lockdowns and related policies of behavioral and economic restriction introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are criticized, drawing on three sets of ideas and arguments that are organized in accordance with the likely degree of controversy associated with their guiding assumptions. The first set of arguments makes use of cost-benefit reasoning within a broadly utilitarian framework, emphasizing uncertainty, the role of worst-case scenarios, and the need to consider at least the medium term as well as immediate effects. The second draws on assumptions about the political value of basic liberties. The third draws on ideas about the roles of different stages within human life.
为应对 COVID-19 疫情而实施的封锁措施和相关的行为及经济限制政策受到了批评，这些批评主要基于三种观点和论证，它们是按照相关指导假设的争议程度来组织的。第一组观点在广泛的功利主义框架内利用成本效益推理，强调不确定性、最坏情况的作用，以及至少需要考虑中期和即时效果。第二组观点则基于对基本自由的政治价值的假设。第三组观点则基于对人生不同阶段的作用的看法。
