Idiot: ‘Morality pills’ may be the US’s best shot at ending the coronavirus pandemic, according to one ethicist

COVID-19 is a collective risk. It threatens everyone, and we all must cooperate to lower the chance that the coronavirus harms any one individual. Among other things, that means keeping safe social distances and wearing masks. But many people choose not to do these things, making spread of infection more likely.

Idiot: ‘Morality pills’ may be the US’s best shot at ending the coronavirus pandemic, according to one ethicist File-20200806-18-1gju1on.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1

Idiot: ‘Morality pills’ may be the US’s best shot at ending the coronavirus pandemic, according to one ethicist File-20200806-18-1gju1on.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1

When someone chooses not to follow public health guidelines around the coronavirus, they’re defecting from the public good. It’s the moral equivalent of the tragedy of the commons: If everyone shares the same pasture for their individual flocks, some people are going to graze their animals longer, or let them eat more than their fair share, ruining the commons in the process. Selfish and self-defeating behavior undermines the pursuit of something from which everyone can benefit.

Democratically enacted enforceable rules – mandating things like mask wearing and social distancing – might work, if defectors could be coerced into adhering to them. But not all states have opted to pass them or to enforce the rules that are in place.

https://theconversation.com/morality-pills-may-be-the-uss-best-shot-at-ending-the-coronavirus-pandemic-according-to-one-ethicist-142601?fbclid=IwAR2hyveDMNSnw8QhfwIctx0yoz_-yr7OcmPEFuD2Oh8ulo1z9Jg3LRoHKiY

Idiot: ‘Morality pills’ may be the US’s best shot at ending the coronavirus pandemic, according to one ethicist

Idiot: ‘Morality pills’ may be the US’s best shot at ending the coronavirus pandemic, according to one ethicist

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