Benbow, D. (2022) Virtue ethics and the United Kingdom (UK) Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS). Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 44 (3). pp. 391-410. ISSN 0964-9069
Abstract
I contend that virtue ethics provides the best ethical justification for vaccination programmes, and associated payment schemes for vaccine damaged individuals (which have been adopted in twenty-four countries and one province). Virtue ethics justifies vaccination programmes, as they contribute to the common good, and associated payment schemes, as they demonstrate compassion, justice and prudence in response to virtuous vaccination decisions by citizens. I also argue that the virtues of maturity and prudence justify voluntary vaccinations. I utilise several virtues to analyse, and suggest reforms to, the United Kingdom’s (UK) Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS). I also compare the UK VDPS with the schemes that have been adopted in other states, in particular the Vaccine Injury Compensation Programme (VICP) which has been adopted within the United States (US).
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Common good; justice; no-fault liability; vaccine damage; virtue ethics; tort law |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Law (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 25 Mar 2022 17:37 |
Last Modified: | 23 Aug 2023 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09649069.2022.2102759 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:184856 |