On June 18, 2020 during an international Zoomsession, Professor Andries Baart spoke the words as quoted below.
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Social Distancing
We speak of social distancing, yet of course that is not what is really going on. The transmission of the corona virus is being slowed down – or so experts are telling us and why would we not believe them? – by a package of measures being imposed upon us:
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Frans Vosman passed away June 10, 2020 after a strenuous illness.
Caring and the Prison in Philosophy, Policy and Practice: Under Lock and Key
Helen Brown Coverdale identifies the obscured presence of caring practices in prisons, and discusses how a care ethics perspective may be used to reframe penal theory.
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Which lives should we save in corona times
Kantians and Utilitarians hold opposing views in the debate during this corona crisis. They thrive on each other’s weaknesses. Yet these two common ethical “schools” fall short in providing answers, says ethicist Frits de Lange. He makes a plea for consulting the ethics of care.
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