How do we decide who has a life worth living? Author and professor emerita Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, PhD, joins Amy Julia Becker to discuss what it means to:
- be human
- live in community
- care for one another
- navigate the complicated ethics of selective abortion
- find the language and stories to talk about a life worth living
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ADVENT DEVOTIONAL: Prepare Him Room: Advent Reflections on What Happens When God Shows Up
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ON THE PODCAST:
Plough essay: “The Body She Had” by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
Book: About Us: Essays from the New York Times about Disability by People with Disabilities
Sara Hendren’s episode: “Who Belongs? Disability and the Built World”
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CONNECT with Dr. Garland-Thomson on her website: rosemariegarlandthomson.com
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Watch this conversation on YouTube by clicking here. Read the full transcript and access detailed show notes by clicking here or visiting amyjuliabecker.com/podcast.
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About:
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson is professor emerita of English and bioethics at Emory University. She works in disability culture, bioethics, and health humanities. She is a Hastings Center Senior Advisor and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is co-editor of About Us: Essays from the New York Times about Disability by People with Disabilities and author of Staring: How We Look and several other books.
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