| Description |
xxx, 246 pages |
| Series |
Feminist constructions |
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New feminist perspectives series |
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Feminist constructions.
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New feminist perspectives series.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Peggy DesAutels and Joanne Waugh -- 1. Seeing Power in Morality: A Proposal for Feminist Naturalism in Ethics / Margaret Urban Walker -- 2. The Scope of Our Concerns: Reflections on "Woman" as the Subject of Feminist Politics / Uma Narayan -- 3. Social Groups and Individual Identities - Individuality, Agency, and Theory / Diana Tietjens Meyers -- 4. Identity and Free Agency / Hilde Lindemann Nelson -- 5. Violent Bodies / Bat-Ami Bar On -- 6. Critical Virtue Ethics: Understanding Oppression as Morally Damaging / Lisa Tessman -- 7. Feminist Ethics: Care as a Virtue / Margaret A. McLaren -- 8. Angels, Rubbish Collectors, and Pursuers of Erotic Joy: The Image of the Ethical Woman / Barbara S. Andrew -- 9. Is Refusing to Forgive a Vice? / Nancy Potter -- 10. Gender and Moral Reasoning Revisited: Reengaging Feminist Psychology / Phyllis Rooney -- 11. Constructing Feelings: Jane Austen and Naomi Scheman on the Moral Role of Emotions / James Lindemann Nelson -- 12. Does Managing Professionals Affect Professional Ethics? Competence, Autonomy, and Care / Joan C. Tronto -- 13. Political Care and Humanitarian Response / Natalie Brender -- 14. Taking Responsibility for Community Violence / Alison Bailey.lysis of Vari |
| Summary |
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 understa |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Feminist ethics.
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| Author |
Waugh, Joanne, 1957-
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| LC no. |
2001019407 |
| ISBN |
074251210X alkaline paper |
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0742512118 paperback alkaline paper |
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