Hope and Optimism: A Spinozist Perspective on COVID-19.

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Tytuł:: Hope and Optimism: A Spinozist Perspective on COVID-19.
Autorzy:: Lloyd G; University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. .
Źródło:: Journal of bioethical inquiry [J Bioeth Inq] 2020 Dec; Vol. 17 (4), pp. 503-506. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Aug 25.
Typ publikacji:: Journal Article
Język:: English
Imprint Name(s):: Publication: Dordrecht : Springer
Original Publication: Dunedin, N.Z. : Bioethics Centre, University of Otago
MeSH Terms:: COVID-19*
Hope*
Optimism*
Pandemics*
Philosophy*
Thinking*
Attitude ; Humans ; SARS-CoV-2
References:: Kant, I. 1952 [1790]. The critique of judgement. Translated by J.C. Meredith. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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Pope, A. 1829. An essay on man: And other poems. Duke Street, Piccadilly.
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Spinoza, B. de. 2001. Theological-political treatise. Hackett Publishing.
Voltaire. 1759. Candide, ou l’optimisme. France: Cramer, Marc-Michel Rey, Jean Nourse, Lambert.
Watson, D. 2020. What lessons will we learn from the virus? The Monthly, May. https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2020/may/1588255200/don-watson/what-lessons-will-we-learn-virus#mtr . Accessed August 5, 2020.
Contributed Indexing:: Keywords: COVID-19; Hope; Optimism; Reason; Spinoza
Entry Date(s):: Date Created: 20200826 Date Completed: 20210104 Latest Revision: 20210104
Update Code:: 20240105
PubMed Central ID:: PMC7445796
DOI:: 10.1007/s11673-020-10028-5
PMID:: 32840855
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This essay discusses hope and optimism with reference to current rhetoric around COVID-19. It draws on Spinoza to suggest that much of that rhetoric rests on questionable assumptions about the supremacy of human reason within Nature.

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