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Re:mRNA vaccines – a new era in vaccinology (2018) by kokanator on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @02:51PM (#26879378)
Just an interesting question here, if you are saying vaccination is a moral obligation does this mean you are a moral realist [0]? My guess is not.

You may mean to say for you vaccination is a moral obligation which if this is the case you are a moral relativist [1] and therefore your moral obligation does not necessarily apply to others.

[0] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-realism/

[1] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-relativism/

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Re:mRNA vaccines – a new era in vaccinology (2018) by haltingproblem on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @10:52PM (#26884891)
Of course, my moral obligation only applies to me. But I can advocate for others to follow my line of reasoning through persuasion.

Many moons ago, when I lived in a community where most residents were of the all-organic-no-vax types, I convinced the powers that be that vaccination was a moral obligation for the (mostly young) community due to the effects of infecting young and old and the resulting deaths.

Everyone got a flu vaccine that year. I was not very popular after that ;(

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