Feminist Ethics And Social And Political Philosophy Theorizing The Non Ideal

Author : Lisa Tessman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781402068416

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Feminist Ethics and Social and Political Philosophy: Theorizing the Non-Ideal by Lisa Tessman Pdf

Feminist Ethics and Social and Political Philosophy: Theorizing the Non-Ideal is a collection of feminist essays that self-consciously develop non-idealizing approaches to either ethics or social and political philosophy (or both). Characterizing feminist ethics and social and political philosophy as marked by a tendency to be non-idealizing serves to thematize the volume, while still allowing the essays to be diverse enough to constitute a representation of current work in the fields of feminist ethics and social and political philosophy. Each of the essays either serves as an instance of work that is rooted in actual, non-ideal conditions, and that, as such, is able to consider any of the many questions relevant to subordinated people; or reflects theoretically on the significance of non-idealizing as an approach to feminist ethics or social and political philosophy. The volume will be of interest to feminist scholars from all disciplines, to academics who are ethicists and political philosophers as well as to graduate students.

Author : Barbara S. Andrew,Jean Keller,Lisa H. Schwartzman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-03-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780742579910

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Feminist Interventions in Ethics and Politics by Barbara S. Andrew,Jean Keller,Lisa H. Schwartzman Pdf

This collection breaks new ground in four key areas of feminist social thought: the sex/gender debates; challenges to liberalism/equality; feminist ethics; and feminist perspectives on global ethics and politics in the 21st century. Altogether, the essays provide an innovative look at feminist philosophy while making substantive contributions to current debates in gender theory, ethics, and political thought.

Author : Virginia Held
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1993-11-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0226325938

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Feminist Morality by Virginia Held Pdf

How is feminism changing the way women and men think, feel, and act? Virginia Held explores how feminist theory is changing contemporary views of moral choice. She proposes a comprehensive philosophy of feminist ethics, arguing persuasively for reconceptualizations of the self; of relations between the self and others; and of images of birth and death, nurturing and violence. Held shows how social, political, and cultural institutions have traditionally been founded upon masculine ideals of morality. She then identifies a distinct feminist morality that moves beyond culturally embedded notions about motherhood and female emotionality. Examining the effects of this alternative moral and ethical system on changing social values, Held discusses its far-reaching implications for altering standards of freedom, democracy, equality, and personal development. Ultimately, she concludes, the culture of feminism could provide a fresh perspective on—even solutions to—contemporary social problems. Feminist Morality makes a vital contribution to the ongoing debate in feminist theory on the importance of motherhood. For philosophers and other readers outside feminist theory, it offers a feminist moral and social critique in clear and accessible terms.

Author : Margaret Urban Walker
Publisher : Studies in Feminist Philosophy
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007-09-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195315394

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Moral Understandings by Margaret Urban Walker Pdf

Walker's book proposes a view of morality and an approach to ethical theory which uses the critical insights of feminism and race theory to rethink the epistemological and moral position of the ethical theorist, and how moral theory is inescapably shaped by culture and history. This second, revised edition contains a new preface, a substantive postscript to Chapter 1 about "the subject of moral philosophy"; the addition of a new chapter on the importance of emotion in practices of responsibility; and the addition of an afterword, which responds to critics of the book.

Author : Peggy DesAutels,Margaret Urban Walker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0742534804

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Moral Psychology by Peggy DesAutels,Margaret Urban Walker Pdf

Moral psychology studies the features of cognition, judgement, perception, and emotion that make human beings capable of moral action. Perspectives from feminist and race theory immensely enrich moral psychology. Writers who take these perspectives ask questions about mind, feeling, and action in contexts of social difference and unequal power and opportunity. These essays by a distinguished international cast of philosophers explore moral psychology as it connects to social life, scientific studies, and literature.

Author : Adriana Cavarero,Judith Butler,Bonnie Honig
Publisher : Fordham University Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780823290109

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Toward a Feminist Ethics of Nonviolence by Adriana Cavarero,Judith Butler,Bonnie Honig Pdf

Toward a Feminist Ethics of Nonviolence brings together major feminist thinkers to debate Cavarero’s call for a postural ethics of nonviolence and a sociality rooted in bodily interdependence. Toward a Feminist Ethics of Nonviolence brings together three major feminist thinkers—Adriana Cavarero, Judith Butler, and Bonnie Honig—to debate Cavarero’s call for a postural ethics of nonviolence. The book consists of three longer essays by Cavarero, Butler, and Honig, followed by shorter responses by a range of scholars that widen the dialogue, drawing on post-Marxism, Italian feminism, queer theory, and lesbian and gay politics. Together, the authors contest the boundaries of their common project for a pluralistic, heterogeneous, but urgent feminist ethics of nonviolence.

Author : Fiona Robinson
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999-01-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015043778615

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Globalizing Care by Fiona Robinson Pdf

Although there is excellent work being done on ethics/normative theory and international relations and on gender/feminist theory and international relations, very little is available that seeks, explicitly, to integrate the two fields. Moreover, while feminist ethics, which explore the theory of care and noncontractual values such as trust and responsibility, are increasingly linked to political theory, there appears to be a reluctance to relate this moral theory to the specific questions of international or global political theory.In Globalizing Care, Fiona Robinson successfully weaves feminist theory and ethics with international relations. By bringing in the important contributions of feminist moral and political theorists, contributions that are notably absent from most of the important work in this field, Robinson broadens the debate on normative theory in international relations. This text will be essential reading for students and scholars of gender or feminist studies, international relations, philosophy, and political theory and of special interest to scholars of feminist, moral, and political philosophy.

Author : Virginia Held
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1995-11-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429979095

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Justice And Care by Virginia Held Pdf

This book, an essential tool for anyone studying the state of feminist thought in particular or ethical theory in general, shows the outlines of an ethic of care in the distinctive practices of African American communities and considers how the values of care and justice can be reformulated.

Author : Robin N. Fiore,Hilde Lindemann Nelson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0742514439

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Recognition, Responsibility, and Rights by Robin N. Fiore,Hilde Lindemann Nelson Pdf

This collection of papers by prominent feminist thinkers advances the positive feminist project of remapping the moral by developing theory that acknowledges the diversity of women.

Author : Elizabeth Victor,Laura K. Guidry-Grimes
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030725037

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Applying Nonideal Theory to Bioethics by Elizabeth Victor,Laura K. Guidry-Grimes Pdf

This book offers new essays exploring concepts and applications of nonideal theory in bioethics. Nonideal theory refers to an analytic approach to moral and political philosophy (especially in relation to justice), according to which we should not assume that there will be perfect compliance with principles, that there will be favorable circumstances for just institutions and right action, or that reasoners are capable of being impartial. Nonideal theory takes the world as it actually is, in all of its imperfections. Bioethicists have called for greater attention to how nonideal theory can serve as a guide in the messy realities they face daily. Although many bioethicists implicitly assume nonideal theory in their work, there is the need for more explicit engagement with this theoretical outlook. A nonideal approach to bioethics would start by examining the sociopolitical realities of healthcare and the embeddedness of moral actors in those realities. How are bioethicists to navigate systemic injustices when completing research, giving guidance for patient care, and contributing to medical and public health policies? When there are no good options and when moral agents are enmeshed in their sociopolitical viewpoints, how should moral theorizing proceed? What do bioethical issues and principles look like from the perspective of historically marginalized persons? These are just a few of the questions that motivate nonideal theory within bioethics. This book begins in Part I with an overview of the foundational tenets of nonideal theory, what nonideal theory can offer bioethics, and why it may be preferable to ideal theory in addressing moral dilemmas in the clinic and beyond. In Part II, authors discuss applications of nonideal theory in many areas of bioethics, including reflections on environmental harms, racism and minority health, healthcare injustices during incarceration and detention, and other vulnerabilities experienced by patients from clinical and public health perspectives. The chapters within each section demonstrate the breadth in scope that nonideal theory encompasses, bringing together diverse theorists and approaches into one collection.

Author : Eve Browning,Susan Margaret Coultrap-McQuin
Publisher : Bloomington : Indiana University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0253313848

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Explorations in Feminist Ethics by Eve Browning,Susan Margaret Coultrap-McQuin Pdf

Author : Peggy DesAutels,Rebecca Whisnant
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0742559106

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Global Feminist Ethics by Peggy DesAutels,Rebecca Whisnant Pdf

This volume is fourth in the series of annuals created under the auspices of The Association for Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST). It includes papers by philosophers offering cutting-edge feminist perspectives on ethical issues of global and transnational significance. Feminist approaches to global issues address a great many questions that grip people who are not philosophers, nor even necessarily feminists. These questions include: What are the obligations of global citizenship? How must our concepts of caring, and of human rights, be modified or expanded when applied in a global context? What approach to peacekeeping, if any, underwrites effective peacekeeping missions? Who counts as poor, and who does not? What emotions can motivate sustained, ethical, and effective political action? The topics covered herein-from peacekeeping and terrorism, to sex trafficking and women's paid labor, to poverty and religious fundamentalism-are vital to women and to feminist movements throughout the world.

Author : Bat-Ami Bar On,Ann Ferguson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000948271

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Daring to Be Good by Bat-Ami Bar On,Ann Ferguson Pdf

This collection challenges the traditional divide between the investigation of ethics is a private concern and politics as a public, group concern.

Author : Hilde Lindemann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190059323

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An Invitation to Feminist Ethics by Hilde Lindemann Pdf

Feminist ethics addresses how power, through gender, affects moral practice and theory. This enterprise is more important than ever before in an age of sharpened attention and concern for feminist issues and injustices. Yet the number of terms which have entered mainstream discussion can quickly overwhelm the novice: intersectionality, gender neutrality, androcentrism. An Invitation to Feminist Ethics offers an easy-to-understand, hospitable approach to the study of feminist moral theory and practice from a renowned ethicist, underscoring its need and the clarifying light it casts on some of the most pressing topics in contemporary society. The work surveys feminist ethical theory, beginning with an explanation of ethics, feminism, and gender before discussing the concepts of discrimination, oppression, gender neutrality, and androcentrism. The work further discusses in-depth intersectionality and microagressions before examining personal identities and how identities are vulnerable to oppression, and what can be done about it. The book also includes a helpful overview of three standard moral theories--social contract theory, utilitarianism, and Kantian ethics--and a discussion of their failings from a feminist point of view, followed by introductions to feminist care theory and feminist responsibility ethics. A "close-ups" section explores three social practices--bioethics, violence, and the globalized economy--within which these concepts are applied, and the need for feminist ethics is most urgent.

Author : Peggy DesAutels,Joanne Waugh
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0742512118

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Feminists Doing Ethics by Peggy DesAutels,Joanne Waugh Pdf

As the initial book in the Feminist Constructions series, Feminists Doing Ethics broaches the ideas of critiquing social practice and developing an ethics of universal justness. The essays collected within explore the intricacies and impact of reasoned moral action, the virtues of character, and the empowering responsibility that comes with morality. These and other essays were taken from Feminist Ethics Revisited: An International Conference on Feminist Ethics held in October of 1999. Waugh and DesAutels bring to light in these pages work discussed at this conference that extends our understanding of morality and ourselves. Visit our website for sample chapters!