Feminists Doing Ethics

by Desautels, Peggy; Waugh, Joanne

• ISBN13: 9780742512108
• ISBN10: 074251210X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-10
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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 understanding of morality and ourselves. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	ix
Peggy DesAutels
Joanne Waugh
Part I: Theory Matters
Seeing Power in Morality: A Proposal for Feminist Naturalism in Ethics	3	(12)
Margaret Urban Walker
The Scope of Our Concerns: Reflections on ``Woman'' as the Subject of Feminist Politics	15	(20)
Uma Narayan
Part II: Forming Selves, Being Agents
Social Groups and Individual Identities---Individuality, Agency, and Theory	35	(10)
Diana Tietjens Meyers
Identity and Free Agency	45	(18)
Hilde Lindemann Nelson
Violent Bodies	63	(16)
Bat-Ami Bar On
Part III: Character and Its Virtues
Critical Virtue Ethics: Understanding Oppression as Morally Damaging	79	(22)
Lisa Tessman
Feminist Ethics: Care as a Virtue	101	(34)
Margaret A. McLaren
Angels, Rubbish Collectors, and Pursuers of Erotic Joy: The Image of the Ethical Woman	119
Barbara S. Andrew
Is Refusing to Forgive a Vice?	135	(18)
Nancy Potter
Part IV: Thinking Right, Feeling Good
Gender and Moral Reasoning Revisited: Reengaging Feminist Psychology	153	(14)
Phyllis Rooney
Constructing Feelings: Jane Austen and Naomi Scheman on the Moral Role of Emotions	167	(20)
James Lindemann Nelson
Part V: Taking Responsibility
Does Managing Professionals Affect Professional Ethics? Competence, Autonomy, and Care	187	(16)
Joan C. Tronto
Political Care and Humanitarian Response	203	(16)
Natalie Brender
Taking Responsibility for Community Violence	219	(16)
Alison Bailey
Index	235	(8)
About the Contributors	243