Vulnerability : new essays in ethics and feminist philosophy

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mackenzie

Contributor:

Mackenzie, Catriona, editor.

Series:

Studies in feminist philosophy.

Studies in feminist philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

Ethics.

Vulnerability (Personality trait).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 318 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume breaks new ground by investigating the ethics of vulnerability. Drawing on various ethical traditions, the contributors explore the nature of vulnerability, the responsibilities owed to the vulnerable, and by whom.

Contents:

pt. I Reflections on Vulnerability

1. The Importance of Relational Autonomy and Capabilities for an Ethics of Vulnerability / Catriona Mackenzie

2. Vulnerability and Bioethics / Wendy Rogers

3. The Role of Vulnerability in Kantian Ethics / Paul Formosa

4. Moral Vulnerability and the Task of Reparations / Margaret Urban Walker

5. Autonomy and Vulnerability Entwined / Joel Anderson

6. Being in Time: Ethics and Temporal Vulnerability / Janna Thompson

pt. II Vulnerability, Dependency, and Care

7. Dependence, Care, and Vulnerability / Susan Dodds

8. Disability and Vulnerability: On Bodies, Dependence, and Power / Jackie Leach Scully

9. Moral Responsibility for Coerced Wrongdoing: The Case of Abused Women Who "Fail to Protect" Their Children / Marilyn Friedman

10. Parental Values and Children's Vulnerability / Mianna Lotz

11. Children, Vulnerability, and Emotional Harm / Amy Mullin

12. Vulnerability and Aging in the Context of Care / Rosemarie Tong.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 17, 2013).