Grasping what it means to be disabled is more complex than you might think. But doing so is key to understanding how we might treat people with impairments as equals with respect to justice, rights, and ethics. Prof Chris Riddle (Utica University) specializes in political philosophy, applied ethics, and the philosophy of disability. He has been an expert witness in several prominent legal cases concerning disability rights, and in this podcasts he discusses the historical and philosophical dimensions to understanding disability, as well as his own personal experiences as a scholar and an expert witness.

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Links Related to this Episode:
Chris Riddle (Uttica University)
Chris’s personal website

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health)

Tom Shakespeare (Wikipedia)
Anita Silvers (Wikipedia)
Thomas Scanlon (Wikipedia)
Robert Nozick (Wikipedia)
Luck egalitarianism (SEP)
Martha Nussbaum (Wikipedia)
Fragility of Goodness (Good Reads)
Eva Kittay (Wikipedia)
Jerome Bickenbach (University of Lucerne)

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