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2020 , Vol. 15 >Issue 4: 547 - 566

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3868/s030-009-020-0032-5

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Some Philosophical Thinking about the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • HAN Zhen
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  • Research Center for Philosophical Thinking & Development Strategy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

Published date: 15 Dec 2020

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2020 Higher Education Press and Brill
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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic will inevitably change the evolutionary process of human civilization. It not only affects everyone’s understanding of globalization, but also makes people reflect on many cultural values and on the institutional arrangements of society. The underlying problems are ultimately men’s survival and life’s meaning. The outbreak, which was so sudden, has forced people to reconsider the possible forms of a reasonable lifestyle, the relationship between individual and collective rights, the boundaries of men’s right to freedom, the relationship between man and nature, the relationship between man and other creatures, and so on.

Key words： COVID-19; pandemic; virus; thinking trap; freedom; future of man

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HAN Zhen . Some Philosophical Thinking about the COVID-19 Pandemic[J]. Frontiers of Philosophy in China, 2020 , 15(4) : 547 -566 . DOI: 10.3868/s030-009-020-0032-5

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