Living with Contradictions

Controversies in Feminist Social Ethics

Author: Alison M. Jaggar
ISBN: 9780813317762

Some people believe that feminist ethics is little more than a series of dogmatic positions on issues such as abortion rights, pornography, and affirmative action.This caricature was never true, but Alison Jaggar’s Living with Contradictions is the first book to demonstrate just how rich and complex feminist ethics has become. Beginning with the modest assumption that feminism demands an examination of moral issues with a commitment to ending women’s subordination, this anthology shows that one can no longer divide social issues into those that are feminist and those that are not.Living with Contradictions does address many of the traditionally “feminist” issues. But it also includes issues not generally recognized as gendered, such as militarism, environmentalism, and the treatment of animals, demonstrating the value of a feminist perspective in these cases. And, far from reflecting any monolithic orthodoxy, the book shows that there is a rich diversity of views on many moral

Publisher: Westview Press
Publish Date: 1994

Subjects: Social Science / Women's Studies, Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Sociology / General

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Feminism)