An Invitation to Feminist Ethics

by Lindemann, Hilde

• ISBN13: 9780072850239
• ISBN10: 007285023X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-31
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

"Hilde Lindemann's An Invitation to Feminist Ethics is a hospitable approach to the study of feminist moral theory and practice. Designed to be small enough for use as a supplement to other books, it also provides the depth of study necessary for use alone in courses in feminist ethics, feminist philosophy, women's studies, or any course where the feminist perspective is studied."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
PART ONE: OVERVIEWS	1	(104)
Chapter 1: What Is Feminist Ethics?	2	(18)
1.1. What Is Ethics?	3	(3)
1.2. What Is Feminism?	6	(3)
1.3. What Is Gender?	9	(2)
1.4. Power and Morality	11	(2)
1.5. Description and Prescription	13	(2)
1.6. Morality and Politics	15	(3)
For Further Reading	18	(2)
Chapter 2: Discrimination and Oppression	20	(19)
2.1. Gender Neutrality	21	(2)
2.2. Androcentrism	23	(3)
2.3. Affirmative Action	26	(3)
2.4. The Dilemma of Difference	29	(1)
2.5. Oppression	30	(6)
2.6. Back to Gender Discrimination	36	(2)
For Further Reading	38	(1)
Chapter 3: The Importance of Who We Are	39	(20)
3.1. What Is a Personal Identity?	42	(7)
3.2. Damaged Identities	49	(5)
3.3. Repairing the Damage	54	(3)
For Further Reading	57	(2)
Chapter 4: Standard Moral Theories from a Feminist Perspective	59	(26)
4.1. Social Contract Theory	60	(4)
4.2. Utilitarianism	64	(3)
4.3. Kantian Ethics	67	(5)
4.4. What's Wrong with This Picture?	72	(9)
4.5. The PowerPoint Problem	81	(2)
For Further Reading	83	(2)
Chapter 5: Feminist Ethics of Care and Responsibility	85	(20)
5.1. The Ethics of Care	88	(10)
5.2. Feminist Responsibility Ethics	98	(5)
For Further Reading	103	(2)
PART TWO: CLOSE-UPS	105	(68)
Chapter 6: Feminist Bioethics	106	(23)
6.1. Bioethics in the Dominant Mode	109	(8)
6.2. Bioethics in a Feminist Mode	117	(11)
For Further Reading	128	(1)
Chapter 7: Violence	129	(19)
7.1. Rape	130	(10)
7.2. Rape in War	140	(2)
7.3. Domestic Violence	142	(5)
For Further Reading	147	(1)
Chapter 8: Globalization and Cross-Cultural Judgments	148	(25)
8.1. The So-Called Southern Debt	149	(2)
8.2. Neoliberalism	151	(4)
8.3. The Global Version of Women's Work	155	(10)
8.4. Cross-Cultural Judgments	165	(5)
For Further Reading	170	(3)
Index	173