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COVID-19 vaccines, public health goods and Catholic social teaching: Why justice must prevail over charity in the global vaccine distribution

Hervormde teologiese studies, 2022, Vol.78 (4), p.1-9 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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  • Title:
    COVID-19 vaccines, public health goods and Catholic social teaching: Why justice must prevail over charity in the global vaccine distribution
  • Author: Ballano, Vivencio O.
  • Subjects: Big Pharma ; Catholic social teaching ; Charities ; Charity ; Coronaviruses ; COVID-19 vaccines ; Developing countries ; Distributive justice ; Drug dosages ; Empowerment ; Ethical aspects ; International marketing ; Manufacturers ; Morality ; Pharmaceutical industry ; Principles ; Public health ; Religion ; Theology ; Vaccines
  • Is Part Of: Hervormde teologiese studies, 2022, Vol.78 (4), p.1-9
  • Description: Applying the Roman Catholic Church’s set of moral principles on social concerns called Catholic social teaching (CST) on charity, distributive justice, private property and the common good, and utilising some secondary data and scientific literature, this article argues that establishing distributive justice for the global distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines must be a priority than donating millions of doses in the name of charity to address vaccine scarcity. Catholic social teaching teaches that the right to private property is a basic right but has moral limits and is subordinated to the moral principles on the universal destination of earth’s goods and the common good.Contribution The current COVID-19 vaccines are developed by people and organisations outside the pharmaceutical companies and largely funded using taxpayers’ money. Thus, by virtue of justice, these vaccines must belong to all nations as global public health goods. Patents are to be suspended to allow poor countries to reproduce the popular vaccines and address the current vaccine shortage.
  • Publisher: Pretoria: AOSIS
  • Language: English;Portuguese;Afrikaans
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0259-9422
    ISSN: 2072-8050
    EISSN: 2072-8050
    DOI: 10.4102/hts.v78i4.7065
  • Source: Open Access: DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
    Open Access: African Journals Online
    Open Access: AOSIS OpenJournals
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