About this episode

This episode explores the intersection of gender equality, dependency, and care with guest Eva Feder Kittay, focusing on social policies and the experiences of people with disabilities.

How can we ensure that the drive for gender equality acknowledges relationships of dependency and care? What kinds of social policies are needed to ensure that caregivers are properly supported and cared for? What can the experiences of people with disabilities teach us about what constitutes a 'good' life? And is it possible to achieve a balance between autonomy, dependency, and care? These are some of the questions we explore in this episode with Eva Feder Kittay, one of the pioneering voices in feminist care ethics and in the emergent field of the philosophy of disability. Eva is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Philosophy at Stony Brook University in New York State, where she taught for many years. She received her bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence College in 1967 and went on to receive her doctoral degree from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 1978. Eva has published numerous articles on the philosophy of language, feminist philosophy, and disability studies, and her work has garnered several honours and prizes. In 1999, Eva published Love's Labor: Essays on Women and Equality , a groundbreaking work in feminist philosophy, which has become one…

People in this episode

Host: Martin Robb

Guest: Eva Feder Kittay

Topics covered

• gender equality
• dependency
• care ethics
• social policies
• disability
• autonomy

Keywords

• gender equality
• dependency
• care
• disability
• social policies
• feminist philosophy
• care ethics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stony Brook University

Books & works: Love's Labor: Essays on Women and Equality, Learning From My Daughter: The Value and Care of Disabled Minds

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