Women Philosophers On Autonomy

Author : Sandrine Berges,Alberto L. Siani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351733809

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Women Philosophers on Autonomy by Sandrine Berges,Alberto L. Siani Pdf

We encounter autonomy in virtually every area of philosophy: in its relation with rationality, personality, self-identity, authenticity, freedom, moral values and motivations, and forms of government, legal, and social institutions. At the same time, the notion of autonomy has been the subject of significant criticism. Some argue that autonomy outweighs or even endangers interpersonal or collective values, while others believe it alienates subjects who don’t possess a strong form of autonomy. These marginalized subjects and communities include persons with physical or psychological disabilities, those in dire economic conditions, LGBTI persons, ethnic and religious minorities, and women in traditional communities or households. This volume illuminates possible patterns in these criticisms of autonomy by bringing to light and critically assessing the contribution of women throughout the history of philosophy on this important subject. The essays in this collection cover a wide range of historical periods and influential female philosophers and thinkers, from medieval philosophy through to contemporary debates. Important authors whose work is considered, among many others, include Hildegard of Bingen, Margaret Cavendish, Anne Conway, Mary Wollstonecraft, Susan Moller Okin, Hélène Cixous, Iris Marion Young, and Judith Jarvis Thomson. Women Philosophers on Autonomy will enlighten and inform contemporary debates on autonomy by bringing into the conversation previously neglected female perspectives from throughout history.

Author : Andrea Veltman,Mark Piper
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199969104

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Autonomy, Oppression, and Gender by Andrea Veltman,Mark Piper Pdf

These new essays examine philosophical issues at the intersection of feminism and autonomy studies. Are autonomy and independence useful goals for women and subordinate persons? Is autonomy possible in contexts of social subordination and oppression? Is the pursuit of desires that issue from patriarchal norms consistent with autonomous agency? How should we understand the concepts of relational autonomy and adaptive preferences? How do emotions and caring relate to autonomous deliberation? Contributors to this collection answer these and related questions.

Author : Marilyn Friedman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190286002

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Autonomy, Gender, Politics by Marilyn Friedman Pdf

Women have historically been prevented from living autonomously by systematic injustice, subordination, and oppression. The lingering effects of these practices have prompted many feminists to view autonomy with suspicion. Here, Marilyn Friedman defends the ideal of feminist autonomy. In her eyes, behavior is autonomous if it accords with the wants, cares, values, or commitments that the actor has reaffirmed and is able to sustain in the face of opposition. By her account, autonomy is socially grounded yet also individualizing and sometimes socially disruptive, qualities that can be ultimately advantageous for women. Friedman applies the concept of autonomy to domains of special interest to women. She defends the importance of autonomy in romantic love, considers how social institutions should respond to women who choose to remain in abusive relationships, and argues that liberal societies should tolerate minority cultural practices that violate women's rights so long as the women in question have chosen autonomously to live according to those practices.

Author : Catriona Mackenzie,Natalie Stoljar
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780195352603

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Relational Autonomy by Catriona Mackenzie,Natalie Stoljar Pdf

This collection of original essays explores the social and relational dimensions of individual autonomy. Rejecting the feminist charge that autonomy is inherently masculinist, the contributors draw on feminist critiques of autonomy to challenge and enrich contemporary philosophical debates about agency, identity, and moral responsibility. The essays analyze the complex ways in which oppression can impair an agent's capacity for autonomy, and investigate connections, neglected by standard accounts, between autonomy and other aspects of the agent, including self-conception, self-worth, memory, and the imagination.

Author : Marina A.L. Oshana
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135036096

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Personal Autonomy and Social Oppression by Marina A.L. Oshana Pdf

Personal Autonomy and Social Oppression addresses the impact of social conditions, especially subordinating conditions, on personal autonomy. The essays in this volume are concerned with the philosophical concept of autonomy or self-governance and with the impact on relational autonomy of the oppressive circumstances persons must navigate. They address on the one hand questions of the theoretical structure of personal autonomy given various kinds of social oppression, and on the other, how contexts of social oppression make autonomy difficult or impossible.

Author : Morwenna Griffiths,Margaret Whitford
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0253204615

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Feminist Perspectives in Philosophy by Morwenna Griffiths,Margaret Whitford Pdf

"... excellent... Especially insightful are articles on ethics and gender, autonomy and pornography, feelings, and a responsible and democratic epistemology." --Choice The essays in this book introduce to American readers the work of a group of British feminist philosophers, representing both the Continental and the analytic traditions, who argue that philosophy is in urgent need of a feminist perspective.

Author : Amy Allen
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780231136235

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The Politics of Our Selves by Amy Allen Pdf

Introduction : the politics of our selvesFoucault, subjectivity, and the Enlightenment : a critical reappraisal -- The impurity of practical reason : power and autonomy in Foucault -- Dependency, subordination, and recognition : Butler on subjection -- Empowering the lifeworld? autonomy and power in Habermas -- Contextualizing critical theory -- Engendering critical theory.

Author : Carolyn McLeod
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002-03-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0262263777

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Self-Trust and Reproductive Autonomy by Carolyn McLeod Pdf

A study of the importance of self-trust for women's autonomy in reproductive health. The power of new medical technologies, the cultural authority of physicians, and the gendered power dynamics of many patient-physician relationships can all inhibit women's reproductive freedom. Often these factors interfere with women's ability to trust themselves to choose and act in ways that are consistent with their own goals and values. In this book Carolyn McLeod introduces to the reproductive ethics literature the idea that in reproductive health care women's self-trust can be undermined in ways that threaten their autonomy. Understanding the importance of self-trust for autonomy, McLeod argues, is crucial to understanding the limits on women's reproductive freedom. McLeod brings feminist insights in philosophical moral psychology to reproductive ethics, and to health-care ethics more broadly. She identifies the social environments in which self-trust is formed and encouraged. She also shows how women's experiences of reproductive health care can enrich our understanding of self-trust and autonomy as philosophical concepts. The book's theoretical components are grounded in women's concrete experiences. The cases discussed, which involve miscarriage, infertility treatment, and prenatal diagnosis, show that what many women feel toward themselves in reproductive contexts is analogous to what we feel toward others when we trust or distrust them. McLeod also discusses what health-care providers can do to minimize the barriers to women's self-trust in reproductive health care, and why they have a duty to do so as part of their larger duty to respect patient autonomy.

Author : Eva Feder Kittay,Linda Martín Alcoff
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780470695388

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The Blackwell Guide to Feminist Philosophy by Eva Feder Kittay,Linda Martín Alcoff Pdf

The Blackwell Guide to Feminist Philosophy is a definitive introduction to the field, consisting of 15 newly-contributed essays that apply philosophical methods and approaches to feminist concerns. Offers a key view of the project of centering women’s experience. Includes topics such as feminism and pragmatism, lesbian philosophy, feminist epistemology, and women in the history of philosophy.

Author : Cheshire Calhoun
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780195154757

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Setting the Moral Compass by Cheshire Calhoun Pdf

Setting the Moral Compass brings together the (largely unpublished) work of nineteen women moral philosophers whose powerful and innovative work has contributed to the "re-setting of the compass" of moral philosophy over the past two decades. The contributors, who include many of the top names in this field, tackle several wide-ranging projects: they develop an ethics for ordinary life and vulnerable persons; they examine the question of what we ought to do for each other; they highlight the moral significance of inhabiting a shared social world; they reveal the complexities of moral negotiations; and finally they show us the place of emotion in moral life.

Author : Susan Sherwin,Feminist Health Care Ethics Research Network
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1566396336

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The Politics of Women's Health by Susan Sherwin,Feminist Health Care Ethics Research Network Pdf

Examines the real world of women's health status and health-care delivery in different countries, and the assumptions behind the dominant medical model of solving problems without regard to social conditions. This book asks what feminist health-care ethics looks like if we start with women's experiences and concerns.

Author : Richard Schmitt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429970610

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Beyond Separateness by Richard Schmitt Pdf

This book examines in great detail the different aspects of dominant individualistic ideas about persons. It argues that an alternative conception of persons, favored by many feminist thinkers, is more complicated than is often thought but can be shown to be a reasonable and plausible conception.

Author : Jean Grimshaw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UCAL:B4350500

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Feminist Philosophers by Jean Grimshaw Pdf

Author : Catriona Mackenzie,Natalie Stoljar
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0195123344

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Relational Autonomy by Catriona Mackenzie,Natalie Stoljar Pdf

These essays explore the social and relational dimensions of individual autonomy. Rejecting the feminist charge that autonomy is inherently masculinist, the contributors draw on feminist critiques of autonomy to challenge philosophical debates about agency, identity, and moral responsibility.

Author : Diana Tietjens Meyers
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-02-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780742571334

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Being Yourself by Diana Tietjens Meyers Pdf

Being yourself: living a life that is truly your own, that expresses your unique personality and your distinctive values. Many people want to live such a life. Being Yourself asks what it takes to do so. It examines questions about the self — the individual who acts — together with questions about self-expression — the relations between the self and action. It explains self-knowledge and self-direction in terms of a repertory of skills that gives people insight into who they are, who they want to be, and how they want to engage with the world. Unlike other accounts of self and action, Being Yourself takes into account the multidimensionality of the self — embodiment, interpersonal ties, nonconscious desires, and enculturation as well as rationality. It accents the ways in which atypical emotional responses, empathy, and oppositional imagery can contribute to moral understanding. It argues that repressive regimes cannot completely crush people's determination to live lives of their own, but it shows why it is vital to seek social changes that dismantle obstacles to this kind of life.