Lindermüller, Patrick (Redakcja Wydawnictw Wydziału Teologicznego Uniwersytetu Opolskiego, 2023)
The text examines the suitability of the ethical argumentations of church statements on the COVID-19 vaccination. More precisely, statements of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the COMECE/CEC and the DBK. The qualitative evaluation of these statements is carried out in three steps: First, the ethical argumentation lines are elaborated. They refer centrally to the concept of the common good, solidarity, and a theologically charged concept of care-love. In the second step, the lines of argumentation are subjected to a critique, which reveals that they can be accused of “underrepresentation”, “underexposure” and “lack of complexity” in individual traits. In the third step indications are given as to how such statements could be formulated more successfully in the future.
