Open AccessMoral judgment is important in COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Turki Abualait,
Shahid Bashir
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.13915
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , sequela , psychology , epistemology , environmental ethics , political science , medicine , philosophy , virology , disease , pathology , psychiatry , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The nature of moral judgment is not only of longstanding philosophical interest, but also it is a matter of immediate practical concern. Currently, when the information, the advice, even the science and the sequela of the pandemic COVID-19 are all consistently and rapidly changing, it creates inconsistency in our decision making. Nevertheless, we lack of a detailed scientific understanding of how people make moral decisions. The letter is an effort aimed at understanding moral decision-making during the present pandemic of COVID-19.