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Ethics Talk: Virtue Ethics, Moral Authority, and COVID-19

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In this special video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talked with Dr Edmund Pellegrino (1920-2013) about personal virtues in shaping ethical behavior and moral authority in promoting the common good.

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Edmund Pellegrino, MD was professor emeritus of medicine and medical ethics at Georgetown University.

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Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.

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Ethics Talk: Embodied History, Health Justice, and COVID-19, Part 1

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Nancy Krieger about the population health impacts of historical injustices and structural racism.

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Nancy Krieger, PhD is a professor of social epidemiology in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.

Part 2 of this conversation is here.

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