Global feminist ethics / edited by Rebecca Whisnant and Peggy DesAutels.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

DesAutels, Peggy, 1955-

Whisnant, Rebecca.

Series:

Feminist constructions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist ethics.

Physical Description:

xiii, 285 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2008]

Summary:

This volume is fourth in the series of annuals created under the auspices of the Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST) organization. It includes papers by philosophers offering cutting-edge feminist perspectives on ethical issues of global and transnational significance. These approaches address a great many questions that grip people who are not philosophers, nor even necessarily feminists, such as: What are the obligations of global citizenship? How must our concepts of caring, and of human rights, be modified or expanded when applied in a global context? What approach to peacekeeping, if any, underwrites effective peacekeeping missions? Who counts as poor, and who does not? What emotions can motivate sustained, ethical, and effective political action? The topics covered herein-from peacekeeping and terrorism, to sex trafficking and women's paid labor, to poverty and religious fundamentalism-are vital to women and to feminist movements throughout the world.

Contents:

Women's activities, responsibilities, and identities

Exporting childbirth / James L. Nelson

Housekeepers and nannies in the homework economy : on the morality and politics of paid housework / Sabrina Hom

Gender identity and the ethics of care in globalized society / Virginia Held

Addressing hunger and poverty

Caring globally : Jane Addams, World War One, and international hunger / Marilyn Fischer

Food fights : a feminist perspective / Victoria Davion

What is poverty? / Peter Higgins, Audra King, and April Shaw

Persons and states

Nussbaum versus Rawls : should feminist human rights advocates reject the law of peoples and endorse the capabilities approach? / Alyssa R. Bernstein

When being human isn't enough : reflections on women's human rights / Sabrina Parekh

"A woman's body is like a foreign country" : thinking about national and bodily sovereignty / Rebecca Whisnant

Political and religious conflict

Is peacekeeping care work? a feminist reflection on "the responsibility to protect" / Joan Tronto

From hegelian terror to everyday courage / Bat-Ami Bar On

Praying for a godly fumigation : disgust and the new Christian right / Lynne S. Arnault.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-264) and index.

ISBN:

9780742559103

0742559106

OCLC:

166255235