Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780253211255
Publisert
1997-08-22
Utgiver
Vendor
Indiana University Press
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
320
Biographical note
Patrice DiQuinzio, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of Women's Studies at Muhlenberg College, has published articles in Hypatia and Women and Politics.
Iris Marion Young, Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, is the author of Throwing Like a Girl and Justice and the Politics of Difference.
Much work in feminist ethics has been rather abstract. The editors of this work believe that the time has come to assess the potential contribution of feminist ethical theory to the evaluation of specific social policies. If feminist ethics has indeed mobilized important paradigm shifts in normative analysis, then this should enable creative ways of reflection on social policy. Feminist ethics criticizes the gender blindness and biases in much traditional ethical theory, and develops new theories and concepts that are more gender sensitive. Feminist ethics also works to conceptualize issues of right action, social justice, and the human good from out of the specifically gendered experience of diverse groups of women. Feminist ethics has no single set of questions or propositions, but includes a variety of approaches as demonstrated by these essays—some operate within a liberal framework of equality, freedom, justice, and rights, while others are more critical of mainstream liberal versions of these concepts.
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Assessing the potential contribution of feminist ethical theory to the evaluation of specific social policies, this book applies it to family policy, health care, immigration, and pornography. It also shows that feminist ethics criticizes the gender biases in traditional ethical theory, and develops concepts that are more gender-sensitive.
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IntroductionPatrice DiQuinzio and Iris Marion Young1. Taking Dependency Seriously: The Family Medical Leave Act Considered in Light of the Social Organization of Dependency Work and Gender Equality, Eva Fetter Kittay2. Reconciling Equality to Difference: Caring (F)or Justice for People with Disabilities, Anita Silvers3. Feminist Ethics and Public Health Care Policies: A Case Study of the Netherlands, Selma Sevenhuijsen4. The Combat Exclusion and the Role of Women in the Military, Judith Wagner DeCew5. Fathers' Rights, Mothers' Wrongs? Reflections on Unwed Fathers' Rights and Sex Equality, Mary L. Shanley6. Does Comparable Worth Have Radical Potential?, Carolyn H. Magid7. "Male-Order" Brides: Immigrant Women, Domestic Violence, and Immigration Law, Uma Narayan8. Stranger Violence—An Easy Case, Sharon E. Hartline9. Mixed Black and White Race and Public Policy, Naomi Zack10. Agency and Alliance in Public Discourses and Sexualities, Janet R. Jakobsen11. "Undemocratic Afflictions": A Feminist Response to the AIDS Epidemic, Kate Mehuron12. Pornography: An Uncivil Liberty?, Alisa L. Carse13. Beauty and Breast Implantation: How Candidate Selection Affects Autonomy and Informed Consent, Lisa S. Parker14. Sex-Selective Abortion: A Relational Approach, Gail WeissNotes on ContributorsIndex
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Feminist moral theory applied to family policy, health care, immigration, and pornography.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780253211255
Publisert
1997-08-22
Utgiver
Vendor
Indiana University Press
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
320
Biographical note
Patrice DiQuinzio, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of Women's Studies at Muhlenberg College, has published articles in Hypatia and Women and Politics.
Iris Marion Young, Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, is the author of Throwing Like a Girl and Justice and the Politics of Difference.