Title: Global feminist ethics /
Authors: DesAutels, Peggy, 1955-; Whisnant, Rebecca.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Feminist ethics
Abstract: "This volume is fourth in the series of annuals created under the auspices of the Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST) organization. In includes papers by philosophers offering cutting-edge feminist perspectives on ethical issues of global and transnational significance."--Jacket.
Contents: Women's activities, responsibilities, and identities -- Exporting childbirth / James L. Nelson -- Housekeepers and nannies in the homework economy : on the morality and politics of paid housework / Sabrina Hom -- Gender identity and the ethics of care in globalized society / Virginia Held -- Addressing hunger and poverty -- Caring globally : Jane Addams, World War One, and international hunger / Marilyn Fischer -- Food fights : a feminist perspective / Victoria Davion -- What is poverty? / Peter Higgins, Audra King, and April Shaw -- Persons and states -- Nussbaum versus Rawls : should feminist human rights advocates reject the law of peoples and endorse the capabilities approach? / Alyssa R. Bernstein -- When being human isn't enough : reflections on women's human rights / Sabrina Parekh -- "A woman's body is like a foreign country" : thinking about national and bodily sovereignty / Rebecca Whisnant -- Political and religious conflict -- Is peacekeeping care work? a feminist reflection on "the responsibility to protect" / Joan Tronto -- From hegelian terror to everyday courage / Bat-Ami Bar On -- Praying for a godly fumigation : disgust and the new Christian right / Lynne S. Arnault.