| Annotation |
Mass diseases in the modern world, such as epidemics and even more pandemics pose global threats and
risks to human civilization. Few infectious diseases known or emerging pose vital ethical problems as quickly
and sharply as they did during the outbreak of the new form of the coronavirus COVID-19. The peculiarity of this
epidemic is that the emergency situation in healthcare over a short period of time escalated into an economic
and geopolitical crisis, which received one of its names “Corona Crisis 2020”. The World Health Organization
has classified COVID-19 as a worldwide pandemic. At the time of writing this article, the epidemic has declined,
but in the future, there is a threat of a “new wave” of infectious diseases. The moral and political dilemmas arising
from the outbreak of the new coronavirus, among other problems, also actualize many bioethical considerations in developing methods and tactics for combating the epidemic. The limited capabilities of the healthcare system
and medicine in the treatment of infections highlight the need for understanding bioethical approaches to many
problems and challenges affecting the vital values and interests of the individual, medical workers and society as
a whole. We attempt to identify and briefly analyze some aspects of the political and moral state of modern society,
due to corona crisis COVID-19. A comparative analysis of existing concepts of bioethics with an emphasis
on the need for adapting ethical standards and requirements for public health policies is given. We stress the importance
of adhering to the principle of mutual moral responsibility of the state and the individual; the protection
of socio-economic and political rights and freedoms of a person during the period of implementation long-term
measures of isolation and long-term emergency situation. |
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