Question

  e) Do essential workers in other industries such as food production and delivery services have moral obligations to continue working in the context of a pandemic or other health-care emergency? If so, how do these obligations arise? Unlike health-care professionals, it is not normally thought that grocery-store clerks and couriers owe a duty of care. Is there some other duty that they owe to customers or to society at large? Provide justification for your view

Answer 1

No, it is not mandatory for the essential workers in other industries such as food production and delivery services have moral obligations to continue working in the context of a pandemic or other health-care emergency. But if the work is going on and if they want to they can.

It may be mandatory for farmers as they are producing food for the people of the country and if they stop doing so, everybody would die of starvation.

Yes, they owe the duty to help the needy whether they are their customers or not during the pandemic. There are a lot of people whose eating depends on the daily wages earned by their family. During the pandemic when everybody is locked down in their homes, not only they but we all should step forward to help these types of people. (But following the safety tips)