The Case for the Vaccine Passport
In this critical commentary, we address the egalitarian critique according to which the use of a vaccine passport is unethical because it conflicts with the principle of equality, understood as requiring that citizens ought to be treated in the same way. We argue that this criticism is vulnerable to...
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| description | In this critical commentary, we address the egalitarian critique according to which the use of a vaccine passport is unethical because it conflicts with the principle of equality, understood as requiring that citizens ought to be treated in the same way. We argue that this criticism is vulnerable to the levelling-down objection often addressed to some egalitarian theories. We add that the vaccine passport is morally justified if two minimal ethical conditions are satisfied: 1) it must be designed as a temporary and transitory public health restriction, and 2) the disparities of treatment it introduces ought to infringe as little as possible upon fundamental rights and should not negate access to essential public services.
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| spelling | doaj.art-f486529fe3ad4eedb4e8d935a3f43ce52022-12-21T21:10:29ZengProgrammes de bioéthique, École de santé publique de l'Université de MontréalCanadian Journal of Bioethics2561-46652022-03-015110.7202/1087211arThe Case for the Vaccine PassportJocelyn Maclure0Keven Bisson1Department of Philosophy & Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology, McGill University, Québec, CanadaDepartment of Philosophy, McGill University, Québec, CanadaIn this critical commentary, we address the egalitarian critique according to which the use of a vaccine passport is unethical because it conflicts with the principle of equality, understood as requiring that citizens ought to be treated in the same way. We argue that this criticism is vulnerable to the levelling-down objection often addressed to some egalitarian theories. We add that the vaccine passport is morally justified if two minimal ethical conditions are satisfied: 1) it must be designed as a temporary and transitory public health restriction, and 2) the disparities of treatment it introduces ought to infringe as little as possible upon fundamental rights and should not negate access to essential public services. https://cjb-rcb.ca/index.php/cjb-rcb/article/view/505vaccine passportimmunization proof,Covid-19equalityfairnesspublic health ethics |
| spellingShingle | Jocelyn Maclure Keven Bisson The Case for the Vaccine Passport Canadian Journal of Bioethics vaccine passport immunization proof, Covid-19 equality fairness public health ethics |
| title | The Case for the Vaccine Passport |
| title_full | The Case for the Vaccine Passport |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The Case for the Vaccine Passport |
| title_short | The Case for the Vaccine Passport |
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| topic | vaccine passport immunization proof, Covid-19 equality fairness public health ethics |
| url | https://cjb-rcb.ca/index.php/cjb-rcb/article/view/505 |
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