Article ID: CBB564910589

Liberty and Protection of Society During a Pandemic: Revisiting John Stuart Mill (2021)

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John Stuart Mill’s classic text, On Liberty, maps the scope and limits on individual freedom. His “harm principle”—that liberty can be legitimately restricted by government or society only to prevent harm to others—has had a great influence on contemporary public health ethics. This essay examines Mill’s philosophy of liberty as it pertains to public health interventions in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Particular applications include examination of face masks, lockdowns, and mandatory vaccination.

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Authors & Contributors
Adcock, Robert
Anderson, Warwick H.
Birn, Anne-Emanuelle
Brazelton, Mary Augusta
Caianiello, Silvia
Dolan, Brian P.
Journals
Journal of Asian Studies
Laboratorio dell'ISPF
Journal of Global History
Mefisto: Rivista di medicina, filosofia, storia
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Medicina nei Secoli - Arte e Scienza
Publishers
Franco Angeli
Oxford University Press
Semiotext(e)
Concepts
Pandemics
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Public health
Medicine and society
Medicine and politics
Epidemics
People
Mill, John Stuart
Tocqueville, Alexis de
Andrea Verga
Time Periods
21st century
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
India
Italy
Great Britain
Asia
Australia
China
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