Burdened virtues [[electronic resource] ] : virtue ethics for liberatory struggles / / Lisa Tessman

• Autore: Tessman Lisa <1966->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (198 p.)
• Disciplina: 179/.9
• Soggetto topico: Virtues; Ethics; Women - Conduct of life; Feminist ethics; Oppression (Psychology)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Burdened virtues
• ISBN: 0-19-517915-3; 1-281-19713-0; 9786611197131; 0-19-803982-4; 1-4237-3490-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450272703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in feminist philosophy.