In this episode, Élaina interviews fellow philosopher Matthew Cull about the difference between “ideal” and “non-ideal” ethical theories in relation to access to healthcare for transgender people in the UK.
You can read Matthew’s work here:
“Against Abolition”, Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, 2019
“Demarcating the Social World with Hume”, Philosophical Papers, 2022
Texts mentioned in the episode (All links are affiliated to Bookshop.org UK and any purchases made through them will generate a small commission that helps to support the podcast):
Sexual Hegemony: Statecraft, Sodomy, and Capital in the Rise of the World System, by Christopher Chitty
“Ideal Theory” as Ideology, by Charles W. Mills (PDF)
The Electronic Wireless Show (podcast)
Second Skins, by Jay Prosser
Invisible Lives, by Viviane Namaste
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