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A Contractual Justification for Strong Measures against COVID-19

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A Contractual Justification for Strong Measures against COVID-19
By Laetitia Ramalett
Abstract:
Many countries have taken extensive measures to slow COVID-19’s progress and attempt to avert a sanitary collapse. Although the necessity of saving lives seems evident to many of us, these measures will nevertheless have dire economic effects and impose major costs on much of the population. A solid public justification is essential, for which a social contract perspective is useful. I argue that it h

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