David Cloutier, associate professor, moral theology and ethics, published commentary on Commonweal about "reopening" and prudence.
..."Open by Pentecost? By fall? Whenever a vaccine is ready? Who can tell us? Only the scientists, we are told. But although the pandemic itself is a natural and therefore amoral phenomenon, our response to it is, and has to be, a moral one. For that reason, science isn’t enough. We also need practical wisdom, otherwise known as prudence."...
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