Date: 29 Nov 2022
Time: 14:30-16:00
Speaker:
Dr. Zohar Lederman, MD, PhD. , Postdoc Fellow at the Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit, The University of Hong Kong
Chairperson:
Dr. Levi Checketts, Assistant Professor, Department of Religion and Philosophy, Hong Kong Baptist University
Language: English
Abstract:
Loneliness was extremely common worldwide even prior to Covid, and was a major public health issue because of its deleterious health effects. Covid made it worse, and empirical data suggest it is even more common now. Question is- what should we do about it, and why.
In this talk, I will argue that the answer to ‘why’ is a human right not to be lonely. This right stems from our right to health, given loneliness’ adverse effects on human health, and it thus being a negative social determinant of health. This right more fundamentally stems from us being essentially social creatures. If compelling, loneliness then becomes a normative term, with implications spanning several issues, including human enhancement, distributive justice, and pandemic preparedness.
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