The epistemic duties of philosophers: An addendum

Philippe Carl van Baßhuysen; Lucie Alexandra White

doi:10.1353/ken.2021.0023

The epistemic duties of philosophers: An addendum

Philippe Carl van Baßhuysen, Lucie Alexandra White

Institute of Philosophy

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In “Were Lockdowns Justified? A Return to the Facts and Evidence”, we argue that Eric Winsberg, Jason Brennan and Chris Surprenant fail to make their case that initial COVID-19 lockdowns were unjustified, due to the fact their argument rests on erroneous factual claims. As is made clear by a response in this volume, the authors mistakenly take us to have been defending the imposition of lockdowns. Here, we clarify the aims of our original paper, and emphasise the importance of getting the facts right when making philosophical arguments in such a contentious domain.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	447-451
Number of pages	5
Journal	Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal
Volume	31
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/ken.2021.0023
Publication status	Published - 2021

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