As you might have inferred from the speakers lists of the Philosophy, Disability and Social Change conferences, from the endurance of the Dialogues on Disability series, and from the table of contents for the forthcoming The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability, I am surrounded by a cadre of disabled and nondisabled philosophers of disability–all […]
CFP: Feminist Approaches to Moral Responsibility (deadline approaching: April 30, 2023)
This is a call for papers for a special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly on feminist approaches to moral responsibility. Feminist philosophy provides unique insight into the ontology, epistemology, psychology, pragmatics, and politics of responsibility. Unlike mainstream philosophy, feminist philosophy is inherently political and committed to social change. Feminist theory seeks to diagnose a range of interlocking […]
Toward an Abolitionist Genealogy of Bioethics
In recent years, philosophers have increasingly engaged with each other in passionate discussions about academic freedom in the discipline of philosophy and academia more widely, as well as participated in heated debates with members of the broader public about freedom of speech in society generally. The topics around which the most impassioned discussions and debates […]
Videos of Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 3
If, for some reason, you were unable to attend the pathbreaking Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 3 conference that took place in early December 2022, do not despair! The videos of the presentations made at the conference are available online here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKGECJ8EcTzP1PAoylngsgIVaORCUh9DK The conference was a huge success, with a number of participants and attendees […]
Advance Reviews of The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability (expected date of publication, June 2023)
Dear Readers/Listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, As we head into the home stretch for the publication of The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability, I would like to share with you advance reviews of the book in order to increase your anticipation for this crucial volume. The expected date of publication is June 2023; in other […]
Zoom Talk about MAiD and Abolishing Bioethics, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, Online
A reminder that this Friday, that is, Friday, February 3rd, at 12:00pm, I will present a Zoom talk entitled “Bioethics De-Mystified: Disaster Ableism and the Utility of Epistemologies of Crisis” to the Department of Philosophy at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). The talk is part of the Webinaire Justice Épistémique // Epistemic Justice Webinar, an […]
CFP: Critical Social Ontology Workshop, Online, Mar. 25-26, 2023 (deadline: Mar. 1, 2023)
The Critical Social Ontology Workshop is an interdisciplinary venue for radical thinking about the metaphysics of irreducibly social phenomena. Core members of CSOW are Ruth Groff (Coordinator), Sally Haslanger, Tony Lawson, Doug Porpora, Vanessa Wills and Charlotte Witt. We invite paper proposals for the 2023 meeting of the Workshop, to be held via Zoom due […]
Disability and Technology? No, Disability as Technology
Philosophy of disability is a relatively recent area of philosophical inquiry that has emerged in part as a critical response to the homogeneous and exclusionary character of philosophy, that is, insofar as the dominant tradition of Northern philosophy comprises the values, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences of nondisabled, white, European, cisgender men almost exclusively. Just as […]
MAiD in Canada and How To Educate Yourselves About It
At the end of the month, I will speak to the Carnegie Mellon/Pitt M.A.P group about MAiD (euthanasia/medically assisted suicide). My presentation will address (among other things): the role of bioethicists in the production of an eugenic culture in philosophy in general and in Canadian philosophy in particular, drawing out the connections between the current […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Johnathan Flowers
Hello, I am Shelley Tremain and I’d like to welcome you to the ninety-fourth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I’m conducting with disabled philosophers and post to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY on the third Wednesday of each month. The series is designed to provide a public venue for discussion with disabled philosophers […]
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