Question

what do you think is the importance of philosophy in today's pandemic?​

Answer 1

Philosophy does not offer tools for solving practical problems, but looks for a sense of concrete situations through a rational reflection. In the present case this sense focuses on:

1. human fragility (the virus can kill any human being);

2. human impotence (our situation is essentially identical with that of ancient epidemics: our defence reduces us to isolation);

3. limited efficiency of techno-science (the decisive therapy for this illness has not been found yet, despite the efforts of hundreds of laboratories and pharmaceutical companies);

4. rediscovery of common good and human solidarity (the protection of the individuals is needed for the protection of society and vice versa);

5. the incumbent presence of death (in the light of which the hierarchy of values orienting human existence can be reshaped).

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Answer 2

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Philosophy does not offer tools for solving practical problems, but looks for a sense of concrete situations through a rational reflection. In the present case this sense focuses on:

$\green\longrightarrow$human fragility (the virus can kill any human being)

$\pink\longrightarrow$human impotence (our situation is essentially identical with that of ancient epidemics: our defence reduces us to isolation)

$\pink\longrightarrow$limited efficiency of techno-science (the decisive therapy for this illness has not been found yet, despite the efforts of hundreds of laboratories and pharmaceutical companies)

$\green\longrightarrow$rediscovery of common good and human solidarity (the protection of the individuals is needed for the protection of society and vice versa)

$\green\longrightarrow$ the incumbent presence of death (in the light of which the hierarchy of values orienting human existence can be reshaped).