Surging Solidarity: Reorienting Ethics for Pandemics

Pascoe, Jordan; Stripling, Mitch

doi:10.1353/ken.2020.0022

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“…But the feature that we want to draw attention to is common to all examples: groups that are prior to the pandemic already in a disadvantaged socio-political position were hit hardest by the measures. This bolsters a claim made by many others that the pandemic as a social phenomenon was man-made and not a natural disaster [ 13 ]. The solution to the pandemic is therefore not purely a matter of revealing in ever more detail the laws of nature.…”

Section: Standpoint Epistemology and Inclusive Sciencementioning

confidence: 62%

“…In the case of the current pandemic, the virus affects people differently. Many people correctly assume that they will not be affected by the pandemic as much as the people for whom they have to sacrifice certain aspects of their lives [ 13 ]. As soon as it became apparent that the strong and healthy, not obese, not smoking, etc.… are less likely to end up in hospital after an infection, the logic of ‘us versus them’ came naturally to some.…”

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“… 1 This is why calling the pandemic ‘a natural disaster’ is misleading. As Pascoe and Stripling have explained, the narrative of ‘a disaster of public health care’ fits the scientific data much better, and would also invoke more fruitful ethical discussions [ 13 ]. …”

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Pandemic Risk and Standpoint Epistemology: A Matter of Solidarity

Schaubroeck

Hens

2021

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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.

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Pandemic Risk and Standpoint Epistemology: A Matter of Solidarity

Schaubroeck

Hens

2021

Health Care Anal

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“…In this context, the cultural or sociological categories of historical, religious, and cultural elements, as well as the institutions (the political, health, social, and educational systems) that have grown from them, are not viewed in opposition to each other, but rather in mutual agreement (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD], 2021; Helliwell et al, 2021;Enste & Suling, 2020;. Welfare regimes and structures of societal cohesion emerge as key elements (OECD, 2021;Greer et al, 2020): perceived and lived social connectedness (Sibley et al, 2020;Matthewman & Huppatz, 2020), perceived and lived solidarity (Pascoe & Stripling, 2020) and the level of trust in a society (Bargain & Aminjonov, 2020;Devine et al, 2020b;Cairney & Wellstead, 2020;Brück et al, 2020;Sibley et al, 2020;Gozgor, 2021;Min, 2020).…”

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"In others we trust": Finland and Norway – High Trust Societies in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hedenigg

2021

IJPS

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During the Covid-19 pandemic, trust has been identified as a key mechanism in pandemic containment. Norway and Finland, two Nordic countries with high trust scores, are cited as best-practice examples. In a qualitative research project on the theoretical construct of caring economics conducted by the author, the deep societal anchoring of trust and integrity has been confirmed in both countries. Based on the empirical example of the Nordic countries, the concept of caring economics emphasizes partnerism and thereby the real wealth of nations. Dugnad/Dugnadsånd, which refers to collective effort, is a trust-based Norwegian type of commons and commoning that can be regarded as an intersection with caring economics. Dugnad/Dugnadsånd integrates the various notions of interpersonal, system, and institutional trust, and thus widely supports mechanisms of pandemic control.

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“…We argue that the degradation of local nonmarket relationships has rendered individuals unnecessarily vulnerable in disasters, including in the global Covid-19 pandemic. In 2020, needs precipitated or made salient by the pandemic spurred a heartening, if harried, attempt to improvise the required local networks (Pascoe and Stripling 2020). Volunteer brigades delivered food to isolated elders (Tiratelli and Kaye 2020).…”

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Neighbors Help in a Pandemic

Davis¹

2021

EJPE

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The degradation of non-market relationships has rendered individuals unnecessarily vulnerable in disasters, including the global pandemic. While local networks of community-based aid that emerge in response to disasters improve the efficacy of response, they tend to be short-lived. This is unfortunate, since the existence and strength of such local networks prior to the onset of disasters not only boosts the efficacy of response but also contributes to the well-being of individuals and communities in non-disaster times. Therefore, individuals ought to establish and strengthen fair-weather local networks of non-market relationships—that is, cultivate neighbor relationships.

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Surging Solidarity: Reorienting Ethics for Pandemics

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