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PHIL 1040G: Law, Politics, and Ethics
Tutorial #2: Pandemic Response: Rights, Freedoms, and the Public Health
I.
Grading Scheme for Graded Tutorial Assignments 1.
Do you demonstrate a clear understanding of the question that is being asked?
No, it’s clear you don’t understand or it’s difficult for me to tell if
you do. 0 marks
You kind of get the question but your answer is confusing to
me or you’re missing the point. 1 mark
You clearly understand what’s being asked. 1.5 marks
2.
Do you answer the question being asked? No. Ties into #1. If you’re not answering the question directly, then 0 marks
Yes. 1 mark
3. Is your answer clear?
No, it’s difficult for me to figure out what your trying to say or what your point is. Or your answer is poorly written. 0 marks
Mostly clear but with some parts that are less clear. 1 mark
To the point, clearly written, structured well. 1.5 marks
4. Added something philosophically interesting No. You merely answer
the question and provide no additional content (i.e., no examples, situations, scenarios) 0 marks
You added something interesting, but it doesn’t really tie into the question being asked. .5 marks
Yes, you add something compelling to the discussion. For example, you refer to additional readings from the lecture, you provide an example that is relevant to the question being asked. This can be a personal example or something that
happened in the news, government or in another country.
1 mark
II.
Review of last weeks readings & discussion on Pandemic Response: Rights, Freedoms, and the
Public Health
Class Readings
Agrawal, “Covid is a wake-up call that rights and freedoms can be tested in a crisis.”
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Opinion piece about how COVID-19 restrictions have impacted the rights and freedoms of Canadians and in particular of marginalized groups (i.e., women, homeless people).
Van der Linden, “Canada is not immune to the politics of coronavirus masks.”
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News article about the politicization of mask mandates (i.e., the differences in opinions between citizens
who identify as liberals or conservatives, for example).
Richmond, “What every Canadian should remember about the ‘freedom convoy’ crisis.”
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News article about how the Canadian government2 reasonably
infringed on our rights and freedoms due
to the Freedom Convoy protests.
Peeples, “Face masks: What the data say.”
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News article advocating the value of wearing masks. -
*Note: This is an extensive article discussing a range of research pertaining to the safety of masks.
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*Note: Also touches on the politicization of the mask mandate.
PHIL 1040G: Law, Politics, and Ethics
Tutorial #2: Pandemic Response: Rights, Freedoms, and the Public Health
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Section 1: The idea of ‘reasonable limits’.
Refers to exceptions to our rights and freedoms.
There will be circumstances where these rights and freedoms will not be guaranteed.
The government can impose on these rights and freedom in given situations when reasonable to do so.
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“The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.”
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Liberty is the ability to do as one pleases, basically freedom
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It’s smart to pose a question in your essay/paper/responses
o
You could say something like “was it reasonable to enforce a stay at home order if at the same time we were told that masks were 90% effective?”
Questions to consider (
*important to understand for essay and final exam)
: What constitutes these reasonable limits? Is it clear to you what these reasonable limits are? Is it clear to you what justifies these reasonable limits?
Section 2:
Canadians are free to follow the religion of their choice. In addition, they are guaranteed freedom of thought, belief and expression. Since the media are an important means for communicating thoughts and ideas, the Charter protects the right of the press and other media to speak out
Section 7: Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.
Liberty is defined as:
(You are at liberty to leave this classroom…)
Question: What are some COVID-19 restrictions that were mandated in Ontario? Some argue these mandates restricted our liberty, how?
Question: What are some restrictions to our liberty with respect to measures aimed at combatting COVID? Question: Are these restrictions reasonable?
Question: Are these restrictions demonstrably justifiable?
A right is defined as: To have a right is to have the ability to determine what others may and may not do,
and so to exercise authority over a certain domain of affairs.
(You have the right to vote)
Freedom is defined as: freedom is sometimes associated with free will, without undue or unjust constraints on that will, such as enslavement.
(You have the freedom to practice any religion)
PHIL 1040G: Law, Politics, and Ethics
Tutorial #2: Pandemic Response: Rights, Freedoms, and the Public Health
Section 15: Every individual is equal before and under the law… (actual one: Equality before and under law and equal protection and benefit of law)
Equality is defined as:
correspondence between a group of different objects, persons, processes or circumstances that have the same qualities in at least one respect, but not all respects, i.e., regarding one
specific feature, with differences in other features.
(You all have equal rights to health care and education)
Question:
Can you think of any situations in which people’s freedoms were imposed on by the government? If so, are there good reasons for these infringements? And are the reasons justifiable?
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