COVID-19, uncertainty, and moral experiments

Journal Article (2021)
Author(s)

Michael Klenk (TU Delft - Ethics & Philosophy of Technology)

Ibo Van de Poel (TU Delft - Ethics & Philosophy of Technology)

Research Group
Ethics & Philosophy of Technology
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-020-00360-9
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Publication Year
2021
Language
English
Research Group
Ethics & Philosophy of Technology
Issue number
1
Volume number
43
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Abstract

Pandemics like COVID-19 confront us with decisions about life and death that come with great uncertainty, factual as well as moral. How should policy makers deal with such uncertainty? We suggest that rather than to deliberate until they have found the right course of action, they better do moral experiments that generate relevant experiences to enable more reliable moral evaluations and rational decisions.