Are Christians morally obligated to be vaccinated for COVID-19?

IF 0.1 0 RELIGION Review & Expositor Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI:10.1177/00346373221132201
J. Eberl
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As the COVID-19 pandemic persists and new vaccine boosters targeting the latest subvariants have been approved, public debate concerning vaccines and vaccination mandates has not subsided. Such debate has been particularly acute among Roman Catholics and other Christians, with arguments having been put forth from scriptural and natural law bases in favor of vaccination against COVID-19, and counterarguments based on respecting individual conscience and concerns about moral complicity with abortion. In this article, I argue that principles of both secular public health and Christian social ethics justify vaccination mandates for COVID-19. I further show why certain objections Christians may have are ill-founded and conclude that no moral reason exists for a Christian to refuse to be vaccinated for COVID-19; rather, vaccination for COVID-19 is a moral obligation.
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基督徒在道德上有义务接种COVID-19疫苗吗?
随着新冠肺炎疫情持续,针对最新亚变种的新疫苗加强剂已获得批准,有关疫苗和疫苗接种授权的公众辩论尚未平息。这种辩论在罗马天主教徒和其他基督徒中尤为激烈,圣经和自然法基础上提出了支持接种新冠肺炎疫苗的论点,以及基于尊重个人良知和对堕胎道德共谋的担忧的反驳。在这篇文章中,我认为世俗公共卫生和基督教社会伦理的原则证明了新冠肺炎疫苗接种的合理性。我进一步说明了为什么基督徒可能有某些反对意见是站不住脚的,并得出结论,基督徒拒绝接种新冠肺炎疫苗没有道德理由;相反,接种新冠肺炎疫苗是一项道德义务。
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