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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457468503321

Autore

Khader Serene J

Titolo

Adaptive preferences and women's empowerment [[electronic resource] /] / Serene J. Khader

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-19-991905-4

9786613422958

0-19-977799-3

1-283-42295-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Studies in feminist philosophy

Disciplina

179.7

Soggetti

Well-being - Social aspects

Well-being - Psychological aspects

Preferences (Philosophy)

Oppression (Psychology)

Choice (Psychology)

Women - Developing countries - Social conditions

Feminism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.[221]-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A deliberative perfectionist approach to adaptive preference intervention -- Adaptive preferences and choice: are adaptive preferences autonomy deficits? -- Adaptive preferences and agency: the selective effects of adaptive preferences -- The deliberative perfectionist approach, paternalism, and cultural diversity -- Reimagining intervention: adaptive preferences and the paradoxes of empowerment.

Sommario/riassunto

Khader offers a deliberative perfectionist approach to identifying and responding to adaptive preferences - deprived people's preferences that perpetuate their deprivation.