Ethics Resources
As a supplement to the essays posted on the Ethos forum by members of the campus community, here you will find resources and writings on current events from an ethical perspective. We invite you to peruse these pieces and submit recommendations of your own at ethics@lsu.edu.
COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 in Louisiana
Andrea Gallo (The Advocate): Louisiana Hospitals' Crisis Response
Ethics & Crisis Management in Louisiana: Summary
Louisiana Department of Health: State Hospital Crisis Standard of Care – Guidelines in Disasters
Medical Ethics
Hastings Center: Ethical Framework for Health Care
Hastings Center: Bioethics and Governmental Responsibility
STAT News: Research Ethics in a Pandemic
Johns Hopkins: Ethics and Policy Insights for COVID-19
Journal of Clinical Ethics: The JCE has compiled a set of articles on Catastrophic Care. They are open to public access. On the front page of the website is a box entitled JCE Special Publication. At the bottom of the box there is a link to access the document.
New England Journal of Medicine: Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources
Scott Hershovitz (New York Times): Rationing Essential Care: You Can Save One Person or Five, but Not All Six
The Ethics of Recovery
MIT: Stronger Pandemic Response Yields Better Economic Recovery
New York Times: Restarting America
Paul Franks (The Conversation): Comparing Nordic Strategies for COVID-19
Bernardo Kliksberg (BBVA): Re-Examining the Relationship Between Ethics and the Economy
Personal and Social Ethics
Laura Marris (New York Times): Camus's Inoculation Against Hate
Amanda Achtman: Camus and The Plague
Sean Illing (Vox): Social Solidarity
Sean Illing (Vox): Camus and The Plague
Allain de Botton (New York Times): Camus on the Coronavirus
TIME Magazine: Common Moral Questions Around Coronavirus
Orhan Pamuk (New York Times): What the Great Pandemic Novels Teach Us
Michiko Kakutani (New York Times): Coronavirus Notebook: Finding Solace, and Connection, in Classic Books