COVID-19 and Intergenerational Justice: The Case of Denmark

In Anne Lykkeskov & Ezio Di Nucci (eds.), The Global and Social Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Studies in Global Justice 22. Springer Nature, Switzerland. Studies in Global Justice 22. Springer Nature, Switzerland (2022)
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Abstract

We analyze Denmark’s COVID-19 containment policies. We argue that, despite the precautionary principle being explicitly appealed to by decision-makers at the highest political level, it is neither clear whether Danish COVID-19 policies did in fact constitute a genuine application of the precautionary principle, nor is it clear that the particular restrictions implemented ought indeed to count as precautionary when seen from a perspective that transcends the short-term emergency. Finally, we point at evidence suggesting that lock down policies had the effect of saving the primarily older group of potential COVID-19 victims while causing severe problems of loneliness, mental illness, loss of education and loss of life opportunities for children and young people. This raises serious questions of social and intergenerational injustice in relation to lock down policies

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