On feminist ethics and politics / edited by Claudia Card.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Card, Claudia, editor.

Series:

Feminist ethics.

Feminist ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--Moral and ethical aspects.

Feminism.

Sex discrimination against women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 365 pages).

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2022.

Summary:

For years, mainstream feminist ethics focused criticism on male supremacy. Feminist philosophers in this volume adopt a less male-focused stance to look closely at oppression's impact on women's agency and on women's relations with women.Examining legal, social, and physical relationships, these philosophers confront moral ambiguity, moral compromise, and complicity in perpetuating oppression. Combining personal experience with philosophical inquiry, they vividly portray their daily engagement with oppression as both victims and perpetrators. They explore such issues as how pornography silences women and radical feminist politics' complicity in racism.Among these insightful essays, Sandra Bartky argues that women share guilt for racism when they benefit from it without protest; Susan Brison reflects on uses of narrative in trauma recovery from such experiences as being targeted for rape or murder; Joan Callahan examines fallout of derogatory speech directed at lesbians; Virginia Held proposes carrying care into marketplaces and governments; and, in her introduction, Claudia Card draws on Primo Levi's conception of "gray zones" in exploring dangers of character damage to victims of misogyny.A fitting companion to Card's highly regarded Feminist Ethics, this volume interweaves observations on character, political ethics, violence, and love into an accessible sourcebook for students. It tackles some of feminism's most pressing issues and helps readers to identify and then overcome the real damage caused by oppression.

Contents:

Introduction

Groping Through Gray Zones Caludia Card

PART ONE. CHARACTER AND MORAL LUCK

In Defense of Guilt Sandra Lee Bartky

On the Malleability of Character Marcia L. Homiak

Moral Failure Cheshire Calhoun

PART TWO. THE ETHICS OF FEMINIST POLITICS

Public Address As a Sign of Political Inclusion Iris Marion Young

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

Revolutionary Community Jacqueline Anderson

Beyond Pluralism and Assimilationism in the Politics of Gender Anna Stubblefield

PART THREE. VIOLENCE AND HARM

Philosophical Reflections on War Rape Robin May Schott

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

Pronographic Subordination: How Pornography Silences Women Lynne Tirrell

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

PART FOUR. LOVE AND RESPECT

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

Liberalism and the Ethics of Care Virginia Held

Getting to the Bottom of Things Sharon Bishop

Ways to Think About Dying Jean P. Rumsey

The Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.