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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828575303321

Autore

Tessman Lisa <1966->

Titolo

Burdened virtues : virtue ethics for liberatory struggles / / Lisa Tessman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-19-517915-3

1-281-19713-0

9786611197131

0-19-803982-4

1-4237-3490-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Collana

Studies in feminist philosophy

Disciplina

179/.9

Soggetti

Virtues

Ethics

Women - Conduct of life

Feminist ethics

Oppression (Psychology)

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction: Moral Trouble""; ""1. Regretting the Self One Is""; ""2. The Damage of Moral Damage""; ""3. The Ordinary Vices of Domination""; ""4. Between Indifference and Anguish""; ""5. The Burden of Political Resistance""; ""6. Dangerous Loyalties""; ""Conclusion: Eudaimonistic Virtue Ethics under Adversity""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

This deeply original and provocative work looks at the concerns of traditional feminist scholarship from the perspective of Aristotelian virtue ethics. Her subject is the moral life and the self under duress - how human beings exercise their moral agency within the constraints of oppressive social structures.