Outputs (2)

Tragedy and Inspiration: The Epistemic Injustice of Stereotypical Media Representations of Disability (2023)
Book Chapter
Begon, J. (2023). Tragedy and Inspiration: The Epistemic Injustice of Stereotypical Media Representations of Disability. In C. Fox, & J. Saunders (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Media Ethics. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003134749

Media representations of disabled people are rare, and those that do exist are grounded in stereotypes, often falling into one of two standard narratives: tragic victim or inspirational Supercrip. The influence of such media representations on both o... Read More about Tragedy and Inspiration: The Epistemic Injustice of Stereotypical Media Representations of Disability.

Disability, Rationality, and Justice: Disambiguating Adaptive Preferences (2018)
Book Chapter
Begon, J. (2018). Disability, Rationality, and Justice: Disambiguating Adaptive Preferences. In D. T. Wasserman, & A. Cureton (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of philosophy and disability. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190622879.013.27

Is disability disadvantageous? Although many assume it is paradigmatically so, many disabled individuals disagree. Whom should we trust? On the one hand, pervasive mistrust of already underrepresented groups constitutes a serious epistemic injustice.... Read More about Disability, Rationality, and Justice: Disambiguating Adaptive Preferences.