Justice and Care: Essential Readings in Feminist Ethics

by Held,Virginia

• ISBN13: 9780813321622
• ISBN10: 081332162X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-11-03
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

When feminist philosophers first turned their attention to traditional ethical theory, its almost exclusive emphasis upon justice, rights, abstract rationality, and individual autonomy came under special criticism. Women's experiences seemed to suggest the need for a focus on care, empathetic relations, and the interdependence of persons.The most influential readings of what has become an extremely lively and fruitful debate are reproduced here along with important new contributions by Alison Jaggar and Sara Ruddick. As this volume testifies, there is no agreement on the important questions about the relationship between justice and care, but the debate has deepened and enriched our understanding in many ways.Justice and Careis a valuable collection of readingsan essential tool for anyone studying the state of feminist thought in particular or ethical theory in general.

Author Biography

Virginia Held is professor of philosophy and women’s studies at Hunter College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York. She is the author of many articles and books on moral, political, and social theory, including Feminist Morality: Transforming Culture, Society and Politics; Rights and Goods: Justifying Social Action; and The Public Interest and Individual Interests. Virginia Held is professor of philosophy and women’s studies at Hunter College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York. She is the author of many articles and books on moral, political, and social theory, including Feminist Morality: Transforming Culture, Society and Politics; Rights and Goods: Justifying Social Action; and The Public Interest and Individual Interests.

Table of Contents

List of Credits	ix
Introduction	1	(6)
PART 1 DELINEATIONS OF CARE
Caring	7	(24)
Nel Noddings
Moral Orientation and Moral Development	31	(16)
Carol Gilligan
The Need for More than Justice	47	(14)
Annette C. Baier
PART 2 DOUBTS AND RESERVATIONS
Beyond Caring: The De-Moralization of Gender	61	(18)
Marilyn Friedman
Gender and Moral Luck	79	(22)
Claudia Card
PART 3 EXTENSIONS AND AFFIRMATIONS
Women and Caring: What Can Feminists Learn About Morality from Caring?	101	(16)
Joan C. Tronto
Black Women and Motherhood	117	(22)
Patricia Hill Collins
PART 4 MORAL EPISTEMOLOGIES
Moral Understandings: Alternative ``Epistemology'' for a Feminist Ethics	139	(14)
Margaret Urban Walker
Feminist Moral Inquiry and the Feminist Future	153	(26)
Virginia Held
PART 5 NEW INTEGRATIONS
Caring as a Feminist Practice of Moral Reason	179	(24)
Alison M. Jaggar
Injustice in Families: Assault and Domination	203	(22)
Sara Ruddick
About the Book	225	(2)
About the Contributors	227	(2)
Index	229