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Would it be ethically justifiable to make the covid vaccine mandatory?

The Morality of Everyday Things: An Everyday Philosophy Podcast

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The Ethics of Mandatory Immunization

The evidence for vaccines is significantly stronger and the trade-offs fewer. Mandatory vaccination will be justified on the same proviso as lockdowns. The key there is whether it's ethically justifiable to do something, rather than whether it's a smart policy politically or scientifically. In reality you would have to live an incredibly constrained life in order to conserve this one choice.

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