Ethics
Subtitle: A Feminist Reader
By: edited by Elizabeth Frazer, Jennifer Hornsby, and Sabina Lovibond.
Contributors: Frazer, Elizabeth.; Hornsby, Jennifer.; Lovibond, Sabina.
Publisher: Blackwell
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Mass., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9780631178316; 9780631178293
Subjects: Feminism -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Social ethics.
Description: The feminist movement has challenged many of the unstated assumptions on which ethics as a branch of philosophy has always rested - assumptions about human nature, moral agency, citizenship and kinship. The twenty-six readings in this book express the discontent of a succession of fiercely articulate women writers, from Mary Wollstonecraft to the present day, with the masculine bias of 'morality'. The editors have contributed an overall introduction, which discusses ethics, feminism and feminist themes in ethics, and have provided introductions to each of the readings, designed to situate in their historical and intellectual context. They have also compiled two lists for further reading: `Ethics: a Feminist Bibliography' and 'The Male Tradition'. Ethics: A Feminist Reader is an essential resource for students and teachers of philosophy, political theory and women's studies. For anyone with a stake in progressive sexual politics it is an inspirational guide. The volume contains essays by: Mary Wollstonecraft, Cicely Hamilton, Margaret Sanger, Betty Friedan, Christine Delphy, Andrea Dworkin, Rosalind Coward, Nickie Roberts, Emma Goldman, Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, Audre Lorde June Jordan, Jacqueline Rose, Judith Williamson, Seyla Benhabib, Alexandra Kollontai, Adrienne Rich, Kate Soper, Catherine A. MacKinnon, Elizabeth Wilson, Susan F. Parrsons, Rosalind Pollack Petchesky, Sara Ruddick and Sheila Jeffreys.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-500).
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: viii; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: ix; title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; title: Section 1: Women’s Condition; label: 1.
title: Mary Wollstonecraft: Morality Undermined by Sexual Notions of the Importance of a Good Reputation
pagenum: 23; label: 2.
title: Cicely Hamilton: Marriage as a Trade
pagenum: 35; label: 3.
title: Margaret Sanger: Woman’s Error and Her Debt: Birth Control – a Parents’ Problem or a Woman’s?
pagenum: 50; label: 4.
title: Betty Friedan: The Sexual Sell
pagenum: 59; label: 5.
title: Christine Delphy: Continuities and Discontinuities in Marriage and Divorce
pagenum: 84; label: 6.
title: Andrea Dworkin: The Politics of Intelligence
pagenum: 100; label: 7.
title: Rosalind Coward: Naughty but Nice: Food Pornography
pagenum: 132; label: 8.
title: Nickie Roberts: Sex, Class and Morality
pagenum: 139; title: Section 2: Gender Difference and Ethics; label: 9.
title: Emma Goldman: The Tragedy of Women’s Emancipation
pagenum: 151; label: 10.
title: Virginia Woolf: Three Guineas
pagenum: 160; label: 11.
title: Simone de Beauvoir: Conclusion
pagenum: 194; label: 12.
title: Audre Lorde: Age, Race, Sex and Class: Women Redefining Difference
pagenum: 212; label: 13.
title: June Jordan: Report from the Bahamas
pagenum: 223; label: 14.
title: Jaqueline Rose: Femininity and its Discontents
pagenum: 236; label: 15.
title: Judith Williamson: Nuclear Family? No Thanks
pagenum: 259; label: 16.
title: Seyla Benhabib: The Generalized and Concrete Other
pagenum: 267; title: Section 3: Towards a Feminist Ethics; label: 17.
title: Alexandra Kollontai: Sexual Relations and the Class Struggle
pagenum: 303; label: 18.
title: Emma Goldran: Jealousy: Causes and a Possible Cure
pagenum: 319; label: 19.
title: Adrienne Rich: Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying
pagenum: 327; label: 20.
title: Kate Soper: Contemplating a Nuclear Future
pagenum: 338; label: 21.
title: Catharine A. MacKinnon: Privacy v. Equality: Beyond Roe and Wade
pagenum: 351; label: 22.
title: Elizabeth Wilson: Utopian Identities
pagenum: 364; label: 23.
title: Susan F. Parsons: Feminism and the Logic of Morality: A Consideration of Alternatives
pagenum: 380; label: 24.
title: Rosalind Pollack Petchesky: Morality and Personhood: A Feminist Perspective
pagenum: 413; label: 25.
title: Sara Ruddick: Maternal Thinking: Towards a Politics of Peace
pagenum: 440; label: 26.
title: Sheila Jeffreys: Pornography: Creating the Sexual Future
pagenum: 459; title: Bibliography; label: I.
title: Ethics and Feminism
pagenum: 489; label: II.
title: The Male Tradition
pagenum: 498