![]() ![]() I had become interested in issues of food justice – particularly, food insecurity spurred by increasing socio-economic inequality, and the resulting effects on the life chances of children without adequate nutrition. I got involved in meals on wheels by happenstance. The idea that I’d make a great neighbor was a big leap of faith, given that it came from someone I’d seen once a week, for five minutes at a time, over the past year. There have been appeals for a trip to the mall, for rides to church, for my phone number, and, memorably, a suggestion that I buy the vacant condo next door (a real deal, apparently) so that we could see each other all the time. In the last year and a half I’ve heard numerous variations of this request. Maybe you could come sit with me another day and I’ll tell you more about my life. She has held a Murphy Institute Fellowship at Tulane and a Canadian SSHRC Grant. She has also written on parental rights and obligations, liberal theory, Kant and Hegel, and is currently working on a project on disaster ethics. Her book, Minimizing Marriage (Oxford University Press, 2012), won an Honorable Mention for the 2014 APA Book Prize. ![]() Her work is primarily in feminist ethics and political philosophy. Litt., PhD) and previously taught at the University of Calgary, Canada. She was educated at The Universities of Oxford (B.A.) and St. Elizabeth Brake is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Arizona State University. ![]()
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