Learning from COVID-19: Virtue Ethics, Pandemics and Environmental Degradation: A case study reading of The Andromeda Strain (1971) and Contagion (2011)

This paper uses virtue ethics to discuss the COVID-19 outbreak, Hollywood science-fiction/pandemic films, and the environmental crisis. We outline the ideas of hubris and nemesis and argue that responding to the COVID-19 pandemic requires that we develop virtues. We will explore these ethical issues...

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Main Authors: Fiachra O'Brolcháin, Pat Brereton
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Alfredo Mac Laughlin 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/8d84b1f8502544e5ad28a5145830b330
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