Analyzing the Significance of Philosophy of Logic in the Epidemic Era Through Ethical Dilemmas

Abstract

Covid-19 which started in 2019 rapidly expanded geographically worldwide and it still affects people’s lives severely these days. This in turn raised numerous ethical concerns about freedom, property rights, and allocation of scarce resources. Logic can provide a rational and critical approach to ethics to help people understand the nature of moral dilemmas. This paper covers the fields of logic and ethics and discussed the nature of moral dilemmas. Additionally, a literature review and logical analysis are used in this paper. The nature of moral dilemmas is the inconsistency of moral codes. This article also introduces that the nature of ethical dilemmas during the pandemic is the conflict between utilitarianism and anti-utilitarianism ethical principles. Lastly, this paper argues that one side of the moral dilemma is invalid and untenable, and some initiatives during the epidemic are inappropriate.