Giovanni Perea TinajeroBak, Agata Joanna2025-01-302025-01-302021-11-11Perea Tinajero, G., Bąk, A. To lock or not to lock? Mexico case. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 43, 117 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-021-00462-y1742-6316, 0391-9714https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-021-00462-yhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/25700The registered version of this article, first published in “History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 43, 117", is available online at the publisher's website: Springer Nature, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-021-00462-y La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en “History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 43, 117", está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Springer Nature, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-021-00462-yIn this paper, we analyze some of the policies implemented by Mexico, a country that has not pursued a total lockdown, although it has implemented different partial confinement policies. Such approach to the confinement has been criticized by some authors as morally inappropriate. Our focus is to show that cultural, political and economic conditions shape the governmental response to the pandemic. While these can be judged on the basis of their efficiency, it seems to us that underlying principles are also ethically acceptable.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess72 Filosofía71 ÉticaartículoPandemicMexicoSARS-COV-2GovernabilityLockdown