Feminist Interventions in Ethics and Politics Feminist Ethics and Social Theory

by Andrew, Barbara S.; Keller, Jean; Schwartzman, Lisa H.; Alcoff, Linda Martín; On, Bat-Ami Bar; Cannon, Laura; Ferguson, Ann; Frye, Marilyn; Jaggar, Alison M.; Kafer, Alison; Keller, Jean; Miller, Sarah Clark; Moody-Adams, Michele; Tessman, Lisa; Wilcox, S

• ISBN13: 9780742542693
• ISBN10: 0742542696
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-03
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Feminist Interventions in Ethics and Politics: An Introduction	1	(16)
Barbara S. Andrew, Jean Keller, and Lisa H. Schwartzman
Part I: Rethinking Gender and Sexual Difference
1 The Metaphysics of Gender and Sexual Difference	17	(24)
Linda Martin Alcoff
2 Categories in Distress	41	(18)
Marilyn Frye
3 Butler, Sex/Gender, and a Postmodern Gender Theory	59	(18)
Ann Ferguson
Part II: Virtues and Their Costs
4 The Burdened Virtues of Political Resistance	77	(20)
Lisa Tessman
5 Compassion: A Rebuttal of Nussbaum	97	(14)
Laura Cannon
6 A Kantian Ethic of Care?	111	(20)
Sarah Clark Miller
Part III: Challenges to Feminism and Feminist Liberalism
7 Hiking Boots and Wheelchairs: Ecofeminism, the Body, and Physical Disability	131	(20)
Alison Kafer
8 A Feminist Critique of Nussbaum's Liberalism: Toward an Alternative Feminist Methodology	151	(16)
Lisa H. Schwartzman
9 Reclaiming the Ideal of Equality	167
Michele Moody-Adams
Part IV: Feminist Perspectives on Globalism, War, and Immigration
10 Global Responsibility and Western Feminism	185	(16)
Alison M. Jaggar
11 Just (Decent? Mere?) War	201	(12)
Bat-Ami Bar On
12 American Neonativism and Gendered Immigrant Exclusions	213	(20)
Shelley Wilcox
Index	233	(10)
About the Contributors	243