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Acting selfishly has consequences right now – why ethical decision making is imperative in the coronavirus crisis

  • Written by Hugh Breakey, President, Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics. Senior Research Fellow, Moral philosophy, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Law Futures Centre., Griffith University
Acting selfishly has consequences right now – why ethical decision making is imperative in the coronavirus crisisJOHN FOTIADIS/AAP

As the country moves into lockdown mode in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are increasingly faced with serious ethical questions about what ordinary people should be obliged to do for others.

These challenges can perhaps best be seen in the outrage as people flocked to Bondi Beach and packed into pubs and cafes over the...

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