The Quarantine Policy of the Philippines in Ross Upshur’s Ethical Principles

Melchor Labao Cuizon; Randolf Warren Gregorio Talavera Mayo II; Rufo Ramil Hornido Cruz

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The Quarantine Policy of the Philippines in Ross Upshur’s Ethical Principles

Melchor Labao Cuizon, Randolf Warren Gregorio Talavera Mayo II, Rufo Ramil Hornido Cruz

Published in International Journal of Philosophy (Volume 9, Issue 4)

Received: 25 October 2021 Accepted: 15 November 2021 Published: 23 November 2021

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Abstract

The advent of COVID–19 specifically in the Philippines challenges the country’s readiness in responding to a life-threatening pandemic. The scarcity of vaccines and the limited medical resources of the country directed the government to subject the COVID-19 patients to quarantine health facilities to mitigate the curve of infections. Although practical and efficient, this quarantine measure imposed by the government is not exempt from controversies and issues in terms of possible violation of one’s freedom and liberty. In trying to address the issue, this paper aims to explore the quarantine policy of the country as stated in the Omnibus Guidelines on the Implementation of Community Quarantine (2020 & 2021). The set guidelines was used and re-examined in the light of the Four Ethical Principles of Quarantine by Ross Upshur (2003) such as the harm principle, proportionality, reciprocity, and transparency. In the final analysis, the paper aims justify whether or not the quarantine health measures of the Philippine government in mitigating the increasing number of COVID-19 infections in the country are reasonable and ethically sound and thus forbid any type of discrimination as well as violation to individual’s liberty and freedom.

Published in	International Journal of Philosophy (Volume 9, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijp.20210904.14
Page(s)	200-203
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ethics, Philippines, COVID-19, Omnibus Guidelines on the Implementation of Community Quarantine, Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, Ross Upshur

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Melchor Labao Cuizon, Randolf Warren Gregorio Talavera Mayo II, Rufo Ramil Hornido Cruz. The Quarantine Policy of the Philippines in Ross Upshur’s Ethical Principles. Int J Philos. 2021;9(4):200-203. doi: 10.11648/j.ijp.20210904.14

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Melchor Labao Cuizon

Department of Social Sciences, Central Luzon State University, Science City of Munoz, Philippines
Randolf Warren Gregorio Talavera Mayo II

Department of Social Sciences, Central Luzon State University, Science City of Munoz, Philippines
Rufo Ramil Hornido Cruz

Department of Social Sciences, Central Luzon State University, Science City of Munoz, Philippines

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