Do National COVID Mandates Fulfill the Public Good?

Do National COVID Mandates Fulfill the Public Good?
A sign outside a COVID-19 vaccination site in Montreal on Aug. 21, 2021. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
Scott Masson
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A crisis has now darkened Western democracies just as surely as long-benighted dictatorships. Wherein does it lie? In the disdain with which its proud technocrats dismiss conscience. Conscience is no quantifiable thing; it has no weight or measure, and it cannot be listed among a nation’s assets. Science can’t prove it exists.

Scott Masson
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Scott Masson is a public intellectual and an associate professor of English literature. For more information on Masson, visit ScottMasson.ca and YouTube.com/c/DrScottMasson
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