Feminists doing ethics / / Peggy DesAutels and Joanne Waugh

• Autore: DesAutels Peggy <1955->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland ; ; Oxford, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2001; ©2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Disciplina: 170/.82
• Soggetto topico: Feminist ethics
• Persona (resp. second.): WaughJoanne <1957->
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 6 Critical Virtue Ethics: Understanding Oppression as Morally Damaging Lisa Tessman7 Feminist Ethics: Care as a Virtue Margaret A. McLaren; 8 Angels, Rubbish Collectors, and Pursuers of Erotic Joy: The Image of the Ethical Woman Barbara S. Andrew; 9 Is Refusing to Forgive a Vice? Nancy Potter; Part IV: Thinking Right, Feeling Good; 10 Gender and Moral Reasoning Revisited: Reengaging Feminist Psychology Phyllis Rooney; 11 Constructing Feelings: Jane Austen and Naomi Scheman on the Moral Role of Emotions James Lindemann Nelson; Part V: Taking Responsibility ; 12 Does Managing Professionals Affect Professional Ethics? Competence, Autonomy, and Care Joan C. Tronto13 Political Care and Humanitarian Response Natalie Brender; 14 Taking Responsibility for Community Violence Alison Bailey; Index; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: As the initial book in the Feminist Constructions series, Feminists Doing Ethics broaches the ideas of critiquing social practice and developing an ethics of universal justness. The essays collected within explore the intricacies and impact of reasoned moral action, the virtues of character, and the empowering responsibility that comes with morality. These and other essays were taken from Feminist Ethics Revisited: An International Conference on Feminist Ethics held in October of 1999. Waugh and DesAutels bring to light in these pages work discussed at this conference that extends our understa
• Titolo autorizzato: Feminists doing ethics
• ISBN: 0-7425-7996-4; 1-299-85033-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791084103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Feminist constructions.