2023
Henschke, Adam
In: Macnisch, Kevin; Henschke, Adam (Ed.): Chapter 9, pp. 150-166, Oxford University Press, 2023.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Emergency ethics, Exceptionalism, Surveillance norms
@inbook{Henschke2023,
title = {The Dynamics Of Public Health Emergencies: Public Health Ethics, Covid-19 And Surveillance As Justifiable But Abnormal},
author = {Adam Henschke},
editor = {Kevin Macnisch and Adam Henschke},
url = {https://www.esdit.nl/oso-9780192864918-chapter-10/},
doi = {10.1093/oso/9780192864918.001.0001},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-11-02},
urldate = {2023-11-02},
pages = {150-166},
publisher = {Oxford University Press},
chapter = {9},
abstract = {This chapter looks at the ethics of Covid-19 to argue that situations like public health emergencies rely on a dynamic ethics and, as such, consideration must be given on how to reverse social norms that arise during these emergencies. While a great deal of ethical discussion looks at the conditions about when an ‘emergency ethics’ becomes operational, much less has been said about the end period. While certain policies and practices might be justifiable in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we need to ensure that such policies are reversed once the Covid-19 emergency has receded, and that the social norms around particular surveillance practices and policies return to pre-Covid-19 state. This chapter argues that Covid-19 pandemic surveillance policies and technologies show us that emergency surveillance ought to be considered as justifiable but abnormal, and suggests how to ensure that the surveillance justified by public health ethics remains abnormal.},
keywords = {Emergency ethics, Exceptionalism, Surveillance norms},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inbook}
}
This chapter looks at the ethics of Covid-19 to argue that situations like public health emergencies rely on a dynamic ethics and, as such, consideration must be given on how to reverse social norms that arise during these emergencies. While a great deal of ethical discussion looks at the conditions about when an ‘emergency ethics’ becomes operational, much less has been said about the end period. While certain policies and practices might be justifiable in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we need to ensure that such policies are reversed once the Covid-19 emergency has receded, and that the social norms around particular surveillance practices and policies return to pre-Covid-19 state. This chapter argues that Covid-19 pandemic surveillance policies and technologies show us that emergency surveillance ought to be considered as justifiable but abnormal, and suggests how to ensure that the surveillance justified by public health ethics remains abnormal.
Macnisch, Kevin; Henschke, Adam (Ed.)
The Ethics of Surveillance in Times of Emergency Collection
Oxford University Press, 2023.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Applied ethics, Emergency ethics, Pandamics, Public health, Surveillance
@collection{Macnisch2023,
title = {The Ethics of Surveillance in Times of Emergency},
editor = {Kevin Macnisch and Adam Henschke},
url = {https://www.esdit.nl/9780192688309_web/},
doi = {10.1093/oso/9780192864918.001.0001},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-11-02},
urldate = {2023-11-02},
publisher = {Oxford University Press},
abstract = {The Covid-19 pandemic is arguably the first international emergency of the twenty-first century. In order to respond to this emergency, countries and governments around the world were forced to engage in a range of actions and policies that would not otherwise have been permitted. Looking in particular at the use of surveillance technologies, this book examines the challenge of ethics in emergencies. What can states do to keep their populations safe, what can citizens expect of their governments, and when are those government actions unjustified? By looking at the use of surveillance in times of emergency, this book explores ethical, philosophical, political, and social concepts, challenges them, and offers a set of views on where those concepts may evolve into the future. As a global population, we will be faced with emergencies, and it is possible that these will also be global in their impact. The ethics of surveillance in times of emergency is both of its time, and ongoing; we must learn our lessons from the last emergency, to be prepared for the next ones.},
keywords = {Applied ethics, Emergency ethics, Pandamics, Public health, Surveillance},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {collection}
}
The Covid-19 pandemic is arguably the first international emergency of the twenty-first century. In order to respond to this emergency, countries and governments around the world were forced to engage in a range of actions and policies that would not otherwise have been permitted. Looking in particular at the use of surveillance technologies, this book examines the challenge of ethics in emergencies. What can states do to keep their populations safe, what can citizens expect of their governments, and when are those government actions unjustified? By looking at the use of surveillance in times of emergency, this book explores ethical, philosophical, political, and social concepts, challenges them, and offers a set of views on where those concepts may evolve into the future. As a global population, we will be faced with emergencies, and it is possible that these will also be global in their impact. The ethics of surveillance in times of emergency is both of its time, and ongoing; we must learn our lessons from the last emergency, to be prepared for the next ones.