Justice and Care: Essential Readings in Feminist Ethics

by Virginia Held

Book Overview

When feminist philosophers first turned their attention to traditional ethical theory, its almost exclusive emphasis upon justice, rights, abstract rationality, and individual autonomy came under special criticism. Women's experiences seemed to suggest the need for a focus on care, empathetic relations, and the interdependence of persons.The most influential readings of what has become an extremely lively and fruitful debate are reproduced here along...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813321611
• ISBN13: 9780813321615
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"