Introduction to Political Philosophy in a Pandemic: Routes to a Most Just Future.

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First paragraph: This book started its life in what we now, in hindsight, refer to as the first lockdown. In April 2020, we collected some early reflections from philosophers and political theorists on the ethical dimensions of the developing COVID-19 pandemic and published them on Justice Everywhere, the blog we help run (Bhattacharya and Niker 2020). We soon noticed a few common themes running through the contributions. One was the idea that although the pandemic itself was unprecedented, many of the issues it has raised link to long-running questions of justice and political contestation. A second was the impulse to draw on these moral ideas and political debates to try to create a better society as we attempt to overcome the current crisis and to envisage the world beyond it.

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This item has been embargoed for a period. During the embargo please use the Request a Copy feature at the foot of the Repository record to request a copy directly from the author. You can only request a copy if you wish to use this work for your own research or private study. In Niker F & Bhattacharya A (eds.) (2021) Political Philosophy in a Pandemic: Routes to a More Just Future. London: Bloomsbury Academic. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/political-philosophy-in-apandemic-9781350225893/

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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/32249