Various - Lessons After the Lockdown: Public Health, Economics, and the Common Good

The Lumen Christi Institute

A Panel discussion with Joseph Capizzi(Catholic University of America), Kirk Doran (University of Notre Dame), Mary Hirschfeld (Villanova University), Paul McNelis, SJ (Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University), Daniel Sulmasy (Georgetown University). Originally broadcast as a web event on June 2, 2020 After two months of lockdown, nations across Europe and parts of the US are relaxing restrictions and facing new challenges. Where do we stand economically and socially? How might we have better protected the medically and economically vulnerable? How should we view the lockdown with its costs and benefits ethically? Our earlier event on "The Economic Costs of the Pandemic: Catholic Social Teaching and Economics in Dialogue,” provoked lively reactions. This event will consider what the principles of the common good, human dignity, justice, and solidarity mean in our present circumstances and how they ought to inform our prudential judgement going forward. Join as a panel of economists, theologians, and ethicists discuss lessons learned in the pandemic.