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Why lockdown of the elderly is not ageist and why levelling down equality is wrong

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  • Julian Savulescu Faculty of Philosophy, Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Biomedical Ethics Research Group, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • James Cameron Biomedical Ethics Research Group, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Julian Savulescu, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford OX1 1PT, UK; julian.savulescu{at}philosophy.ox.ac.uk
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Savulescu J, Cameron J
Why lockdown of the elderly is not ageist and why levelling down equality is wrong
Journal of Medical Ethics 2020;46:717-721.

Publication history

  • Received April 22, 2020
  • Revised May 29, 2020
  • Accepted May 31, 2020
  • First published June 19, 2020.
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October 28, 2020

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