Eva Kittay

Eva Feder Kittay is an American philosopher. She is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy (Emerita) at Stony Brook University.^[2] Her primary interests include feminist philosophy, ethics, social and political theory, metaphor, and the application of these disciplines to disability studies.^[2] Kittay has also attempted to bring philosophical concerns into the public spotlight, including leading The Women's Committee of One Hundred in 1995, an organization that opposed the perceived punitive nature of the social welfare reforms taking place in the United States at the time.^[3]

Kittay received her bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence College in 1967, and went on to receive her doctoral degree from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 1978.^[4] After receiving her doctorate, she accepted a position as visiting assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park for the 1978–1979 year, before accepting a permanent position at Stony Brook University in 1979 as assistant professor.^[4] Kittay was promoted to associate professor in 1986, and full professor in 1993.^[4] Kittay received a distinguished professorship from Stony Brook in 2009.^[4] Kittay is also a senior fellow at the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at Stony Brook, and a women's studies associate.^[4]

She has received numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, and NEH Fellowship, and the Lebowitz Prize for philosophical achievement and contribution from the American Philosophical Association and Phi Beta Kappa. In 2024, she was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

She is the mother of a multiple disabled woman^[5] and has also been recognized for her writing on disability by the Institute Mensch, Ethiks, und Wissenshaft, The Center for Discovery and IncludeNYC. She was named Woman of the Year by the Society for Women in Philosophy 2003–2004. She served as the president of the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, 2016–2017.

ركزت أبحاث كيتاي على الفلسفة النسوية ، والأخلاق ، والنظرية الاجتماعية والسياسية، وفلسفة الإعاقة، والاستعارة ، وتطبيق هذه التخصصات على دراسات الإعاقة. ^{[ 2 ]} تتشابه وجهات نظرها حول أخلاقيات الرعاية إلى حد كبير مع وجهات نظر فيرجينيا هيلد وسارة روديك ، وهي أن التفاعلات الإنسانية تحدث بين أفراد غير متساوين لكنهم مترابطون، وأن الأخلاق العملية يجب أن تتناسب مع الحياة كما يختبرها معظم الناس. ^{[ 6 ]} كما وسّعت كيتاي نطاق عمل جون رولز ليشمل قضايا النساء وذوي الإعاقة الذهنية. ^{[ 7 ]} في تطوير أخلاقيات الرعاية، تمثلت أهم مساهماتها في التأكيد على حقيقة الاعتماد البشري الحتمية، وضرورة دمج هذا الاعتماد ودراسته في النظريات الأخلاقية والسياسية. وقد كانت من أبرز الأصوات في مجال فلسفة الإعاقة الناشئ، مع التركيز بشكل خاص على الإعاقة الذهنية.