Explorations in Feminist Ethics: Theory and Practice (A Midland Book) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253206979 ISBN 13: 9780253206978

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1992

Synopsis

These essays advance a reinterpretation of pivotal categories such as self-knowing, moral agency, and altruism... A must for all students and researchers/faculty engaged in the study of ethics." -Choice This is an extraordinarily valuable collection of essays in feminist ethics." -Teaching Philosophy A range of recent work in feminist ethics, exploring such issues as the ethic of care, a viable feminist ethics, Pythagoreanism, existentialism, utilitarianism, self-knowing, emotion, and moral vision. Also discussed is the process of applying feminist ethics to work situations. The concluding essays point to the future and present new visions for the field.

About this title

Synopsis

The exciting and relatively new field of feminist ethics challenges traditional moral theories and practices, particularly those that focus on justice and rights. Feminist ethicists emphasize the importance of the context of moral decision making, rather than abstract moral reasoning. The result is a reinterpretation of such concepts as moral agency and altruism. "Explorations in Feminist Ethics" provides a range of recent work in feminist ethics, examining such issues as the ethic of care, Pythagoreanism, existentialism, utilitarianism, self-knowing, emotion, and moral vision. Also discussed is the process of applying feminist ethics to work situations. The concluding essays point to the future and present new visions for the field.

About the Author

EVE BROWNING COLE is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. She is author of articles on Greek philosophy and culture, sexism in the history of philosophy, and ancient views on the intelligence and character of (nonhuman) animals. SUSAN COULTRAP-MCQUIN is Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Humanities at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. She is author of Doing Literary Business: American Women Writers in the Nineteenth Century.

Edition details

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0253206979
• ISBN 13: 9780253206978
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Cole Eve Browning, Coultrap-McQuin Susan