Is Virus Lockdown Justifiable? And in Pursuit of What Aims? : Charles University in Prague Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2021/I/3
2021
Abstrakt
This commentary considers the legitimacy of three interests that might be pursued by virus lockdown: maintaining healthcare capacity, saving lives, and protecting morals. The article is divided into three sections accordingly, and in each section the author considers whether and under what circumstances lockdown would be justifiable in pursuit of such interests, in a modern European liberal democracy.