The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease known as COVID-19, has infected people in 212 countries so far and on every continent except Antarctica.Vast changes to our home lives, social interactions, government functioning and relations between countries have swept the world in a few months and are difficult to hold in one’s mind at one time. That is why a collaborative effort such as this edited, multidisciplinary collection is needed. This book confronts the vulne...

Named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2009 byChoice!"[A] set of almost 70 essays, all well informed and many with attitude."Harold Shapiro, PhDProfessor Emeritus and Professor of Economics and Public AffairsPrinceton University, Former Chair, National Bioethics Advisory Board"This most noteworthy and authoritative collection of 67 essays...represents 'the Penn way of doing bioethics' .....