Clarke Nick, Barnett Clive
Geography and Environmental Science University of Southampton Southampton UK.
School of Geography University of Exeter Exeter UK.
Trans Inst Br Geogr. 2022 Nov 11. doi: 10.1111/tran.12587.
In the UK, discussion of good citizenship during the COVID-19 pandemic largely focused on compliance and non-compliance with government rules. In this paper, we offer an alternative point of focus. Pandemic governance proceeded not only through rules/morality, but also through freedom/ethics. Good citizenship, therefore, involved practical reasoning in response to situations. We demonstrate this using diaries and other forms of writing collected by Mass Observation during the first six months of the pandemic. Responses to government rules and guidance varied by situation. Many people found governance through freedom/ethics confusing and burdensome. Faced with ethical dilemmas, they managed risks and responsibilities by deliberating, weighing justifications, and sometimes falling back on rules of thumb or heuristics. Discussion of good citizenship during future emergencies would benefit from a greater focus on situations, dilemmas, and justifications.
在英国，关于新冠疫情期间良好公民身份的讨论主要集中在对政府规定的遵守与不遵守上。在本文中，我们提供了一个不同的关注点。疫情治理不仅通过规则/道德进行，也通过自由/伦理进行。因此，良好公民身份涉及应对各种情况的实践推理。我们利用“大众观察”在疫情头六个月收集的日记及其他形式的文字记录来证明这一点。对政府规定和指导的反应因情况而异。许多人发现通过自由/伦理进行的治理令人困惑且负担沉重。面对道德困境，他们通过思考、权衡理由，有时还依靠经验法则或启发法来管理风险和责任。未来紧急情况期间关于良好公民身份的讨论若能更多地关注具体情况、困境和理由，将会有所助益。
