Sheltering at Our Common Home.
J Bioeth Inq
; 17(4): 525-529, 2020 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-728245
ABSTRACT
The current COVID-19 pandemic has reactivated ancient metaphors (especially military ones) but also initiated a new vocabulary social distancing, lockdown, self-isolation, and sheltering in place. Terminology is not ethically neutral but reflects prevailing value systems. I will argue that there are two metaphorical vocabularies at work an authoritarian one and a liberal one. Missing is an ecological vocabulary. It has been known for a long time that emerging infectious diseases are associated with the destruction of functioning ecosystems and biodiversity. Ebola and avian influenza viruses have been significant warnings. Obviously, this pandemic will not be the last one. As the planet is our common home, the major metaphor to explore is sheltering at this home.
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Main subject:
Metaphor
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging
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Disasters
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Ecology
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Pandemics
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COVID-19
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Bioeth Inq
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S11673-020-10014-x
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