Naslov
Deferring to Expertise in Public Health Emergencies

Autori
Ivanković, Viktor ; Savić, Lovro

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Political Philosophy in a Pandemic: Routes to a More Just Future

Urednik/ci
Niker, Fay ; Bhattacharya, Aveek

Izdavač
Bloomsbury Publishing

Grad
London : New York (NY)

Godina
2021

Raspon stranica
191-203

ISBN
9781-3502-2590-9

Ključne riječi
COVID-19 ; pandemic ; misinformation ; public health emergency ; expertise ; experts ; laypersons ; restraint ; public speech ; evidence

Sažetak
The rampant spreading of COVID-19 has been accompanied by an equally unconstrained spreading of misinformation about all things that relate to it. In view of the high stakes surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, characteristic of a public health emergency, we argue in this chapter that laypersons should not only defer to experts, but that both laypersons and experts should practice restraint in exercising public speech and deliberation. First, the chapter discusses the difficulties that laypersons may have in recognizing relevant expertise, and it specifies ways of overcoming them. It argues that the restraint laypersons should exercise consists in not meddling in empirical questions regarding the virus. Second, the chapter draws up a list of standards that experts must abide by when communicating evidence and recommendations to laypersons. Among these are being explicit about underlying aims, exercising epistemic humility, and following their own advice.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filozofija

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