#325 - Health Problems: A Dialogue with Elizabeth Barnes
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Elizabeth Barnes about the ideas surrounding health. They discuss why we care about health and how we define health, social impact of health, and discussing health publicly. They also talk about shame and stigma with health, disability and health differences, ameliorative skepticism, and many more topics. Elizabeth Barnes is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. Her research interests are divided between metaphysics, political philosophy, feminist philosophy, and ethics. She has written a handful books, including her most recent book, Health Problems. Website: https://elizabethbarnesphilosophy.weebly.com/ Get full access to Converging Dialogues at convergingdialogues.substack.com/subscribe
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