What are our moral obligations in times of crisis? Are those who step up heroes, or simply human? In this pilot episode, we delve into these questions with Dr Cara Heuser, a medical doctor on the frontlines of the corona virus. But our discussion goes beyond Covid-19 to grapple with bigger questions of altruism, vocation, and more.

Resources:

NEJM article: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2009027

William Carlos Williams poem: https://poets.org/poem/complaint-0

Recommended reading: Armageddon in Retrospect, by Kurt Vonnegut

Guest: Dr Cara Heuser (@caraheuser)

Host: Dr Julie Norman (@DrJulieNorman2)