On feminist ethics and politics / edited by Claudia Card.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Card, Claudia.

Series:

Feminist ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex discrimination against women.

Feminism--Moral and ethical aspects.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

viii, 365 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [1999]

Summary:

Unique among presidents' wives, Lady Bird Johnson was not only one of the leading environmentalists of the twentieth century, she also redefined the institution of First Lady. In this first book in an innovative new series. Lewis Gould shows why Mrs. Johnson ranks with Eleanor Roosevelt as a significant innovator of the First Lady role.

Building upon his much-admired Lady Bird Johnson and the Environment, Gould has refocused and revised his thinking to create a fresh, informative, and entertaining new portrait of LBJ's First Lady. Using Lady Bird's White House papers and interviews with her and her close associates, Gould captures both her spirit and considerable achievements during her tenure in the White House. He shows how Lady Bird's efforts to advance the cause of beautifying highways and the city of Washington, D.C. -- which included attending legislative strategy sessions and lobbying for the programs that she endorsed -- represented a new departure for a First Lady. He also tells how she devised and developed the staff, procedures, and tactics that subsequent First Ladies have since employed in the public arena.

The book sheds light on the personal side of Mrs. Johnson's activism as well, telling how her appearances on behalf of environmental issues were often marred by antiwar protests and how she agonized with her husband over his decision not to run for reelection. It also reveals details of her life after LBJ's death, showing that the consistency with which she pursued her vision of the environment has added to her historical influence.

Today Lady Bird's efforts are commemorated at such sites as a grove in Redwoods National Park and a park in the Potomac River thatboth bear her name. Equally important, she also thrust the president's wife into the policymaking process in a more direct way than any previous First Lady had dared. All in all, Lady Bird Johnson set a high standard for future First Ladies to follow, while raising the environmental awareness of millions of Americans. For those reasons especially, her legacy will endure.

Contents:

1 Groping Through Gray Zones / Claudia Card 3

Part 1. Character and Moral Luck

2 In Defense of Guilt / Sandra Lee Bartky 29

3 On the Malleability of Character / Marcia L. Homiak 52

4 Moral Failure / Cheshire Calhoun 81

Part 2. The Ethics of Feminist Politics

5 Public Address As a Sign of Political Inclusion / Iris Marion Young 103

6 (Re)reading Mary Daly As a Sister Insider / Amber L. Katherine 116

7 Revolutionary Community / Jacqueline Anderson 140

8 Beyond Pluralism and Assimilationism in the Politics of Gender / Anna Stubblefield 150

Part 3. Violence and Harm

9 Philosophical Reflections on War Rape / Robin May Schott 173

10 The Uses of Narrative in the Aftermath of Violence / Susan J. Brison 200

11 Pornographic Subordination: How Pronography Silences Women / Lynne Tirrell 226

12 Speech That Harms: The Case of Lesbian Families / Joan C. Callahan 244

Part 4. Love and Respect

13 Feminist Sex at Century's End: On Justice and Joy / Chris J. Cuomo 269

14 Liberalism and the Ethics of Care / Virginia Held 288

15 Getting to the Bottom of Things / Sharon Bishop 310

16 Ways to Think About Dying / Jean P. Rumsey 329.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0700609679

0700609687

070060992X

0700609938

OCLC:

40693749