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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818216503321

Autore

Khader Serene J

Titolo

Adaptive preferences and women's empowerment / Serene J. Khader

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, [2011]

ISBN

0-19-991905-4

9786613422958

0-19-977799-3

1-283-42295-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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

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

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Adaptive Preferences and Global Justice -- 1. A Deliberative Perfectionist Approach to Adaptive Preference Intervention -- 2. Adaptive Preferences and Choice: Are Adaptive Preferences Autonomy Deficits? -- 3. Adaptive Preferences and Agency: The Selective Effects of Adaptive Preferences -- 4. The Deliberative Perfectionist Approach, Paternalism, and Cultural Diversity -- 5. Reimagining Intervention: Adaptive Preferences and the Paradoxes of Empowerment -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Y.

Sommario/riassunto

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