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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783996703321

Autore

Koehn Daryl <1955->

Titolo

Rethinking feminist ethics : care, trust and empathy / / Daryl Koehn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-67931-9

1-280-33432-0

0-203-15897-0

0-203-01565-7

9786610334322

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 215 pages)

Disciplina

170/.82

Soggetti

Feminist ethics

Caring

Dialogue

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-210) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS

Sommario/riassunto

The question of whether there can be a distinctively female ethics is one of the most important and controversial debates in gender studies, philosophy and psychology today. Rethinking Feminist Ethics; Care, Trust and Empathy marks a bold intervention in these debates and bridges the ground between women theorists disenchanted with aspects of traditional ethics and traditional theories that insist upon the need for some ethical principles.