By Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing - The world was the world before the coronavirus, and we have no reason to believe it is not the world still. If we consider what the world cared about, say, last December, would we have reasons to wonder if the world’s decision (yes, we can say that) to lock everyone in their homes, shut down business activity, and close churches – with no clear cut-off – is prudentially sound? By prudentially sound, I mean: practical judgments that are based on a true appraisal of basic goods and the human condition.