The struggle between facts and values around Covid-19
Updated / Friday, 15 Jan 2021 16:03 "A statement of fact about what is the case for some situation is categorically different from a statement about how we ought to respond to it." Opinion: people feel differently in their moral response to the same issue regardless of scientific facts When it comes to Covid-19, science deals in empirically verifiable facts such as the genetic composition of the virus, its effects on human organs and how it is transmitted. Morality, on the other hand, deals with values and principles to guide how we should try to behave towards ourselves and others in resp...
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