Covid and the moral matrix: Will the new “lockdown code of ethics” persist beyond the pandemic?
It isn’t clear, at this juncture, whether society will snap back to its pre-Covid morality or reshape itself around this new “moral matrix.”
A society which loses the ability to make judgements can neither defend itself nor its borders
Back in the real world, ordinary citizens want their governments to act in their interests – a basic function which governments seem to find increasingly difficult to honour.