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Relational Autonomy: Feminist Perspectives on Autonomy, Agency, and the Social Self - Softcover

 
9780195123340: Relational Autonomy: Feminist Perspectives on Autonomy, Agency, and the Social Self

Synopsis

This collection of original essays explores the social and relational dimensions of individual autonomy. Rejecting the feminist charge that autonomy is inherently masculinist, the contributors draw on feminist critiques of autonomy to challenge and enrich contemporary philosophical debates about agency, identity, and moral responsibility. The essays analyse the complex ways in which oppression can impair an agent's capacity for autonomy, and investigate connections, neglected by standard accounts, between autonomy and other aspects of the agent, including self-conception, self-worth, memory, and the imagination.

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