{"id":10898,"date":"2021-10-02T15:58:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T22:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10898"},"modified":"2021-12-03T10:15:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T18:15:54","slug":"is-mandatory-vaccination-ethically-justifiable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10898","title":{"rendered":"Is mandatory vaccination ethically justifiable?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Yes \u2014 the flow-on harms are too great.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MercatorNet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Margaret Somerville<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"235\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/medicalneedle012.jpg\" alt=\"Is mandatory vaccination ethically justifiable?\" class=\"wp-image-10706\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What ethical issues do mandatory interventions to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus raise \u2014 in particular, mandatory vaccination? Asked another way, what weight should be given to the arguments of \u201canti-vaxxers\u201d who oppose mandatory vaccination?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am not addressing here \u201cinvoluntary vaccination\u201d \u2014 namely, rounding up people and vaccinating them against their will, although in highly dangerous infectious disease situations, Public Health authorities can have powers to impose treatment. Rather, I am focussed on what could be described as \u201cnon-voluntary vaccination\u201d, the person can avoid vaccination, but only by making a choice they do not want to make. . . <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/ethics\/ethics063.aspx\">continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes \u2014 the flow-on harms are too great. MercatorNet Margaret Somerville What ethical issues do mandatory interventions to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus raise \u2014 in particular, mandatory vaccination? Asked another way, what weight should be given to the arguments of \u201canti-vaxxers\u201d who oppose mandatory vaccination? I am not addressing here \u201cinvoluntary vaccination\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10898\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is mandatory vaccination ethically justifiable?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[508,3303],"tags":[3979,225],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-10898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethical-commentary","category-vaccinations","tag-covid","tag-margaret-somerville"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Is mandatory vaccination ethically justifiable? - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What ethical issues do mandatory anti-covid interventions raise? 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