Feminist Morality
Subtitle: Transforming Culture, Society, and Politics
By: Virginia Held.
Series: Women in Culture and Society
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Chicago, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780226325934
Copyright date: 1993
Subjects: Feminist theory -- Moral and ethical aspects; Feminism -- Moral and ethical aspects
Other titles: Etica femminista: Trasformazioni della coscienza e famiglia post-patriarcale
Description: How is feminism changing the way women and men think, feel, and act? Virginia Held explores how feminist theory is changing contemporary views of moral choice. She proposes a comprehensive philosophy of feminist ethics, arguing persuasively for reconceptualizations of the self; of relations between the self and others; and of images of birth and death, nurturing and violence. Held shows how social, political, and cultural institutions have traditionally been founded upon masculine ideals of morality. She then identifies a distinct feminist morality that moves beyond culturally embedded notions about motherhood and female emotionality. Examining the effects of this alternative moral and ethical system on changing social values, Held discusses its far-reaching implications for altering standards of freedom, democracy, equality, and personal development. Ultimately, she concludes, the culture of feminism could provide a fresh perspective on—even solutions to—contemporary social problems.

*Feminist Morality* makes a vital contribution to the ongoing debate in feminist theory on the importance of motherhood. For philosophers and other readers outside feminist theory, it offers a feminist moral and social critique in clear and accessible terms. 

(Source: [University of Chicago Press](https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo3643198.html))
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-271) and index.
Table of contents: title: Series Editor’s Foreword
pagenum: vii; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: xi; label: 1.
title: The Feminist Transformation of Consciousness and Culture
pagenum: 1; label: 2.
title: Feminist Moral Inquiry: Method and Prospects
pagenum: 22; label: 3.
title: Transformations of Moral Concepts
pagenum: 43; label: 4.
title: Moral Theory from a Feminist Perspective
pagenum: 64; label: 5.
title: Shaping Feminist Culture
pagenum: 91; label: 6.
title: Preconceptions of Birth and Death
pagenum: 112; label: 7.
title: Gender and Violence
pagenum: 138; label: 8.
title: Feminist Interpretations of Liberty and Equality
pagenum: 160; label: 9.
title: Democracy and the Critique of Individualism
pagenum: 174; label: 10.
title: Noncontractual Society: The Postpatriarchal Family as Model
pagenum: 192; title: Epilogue: The Feminist Future
pagenum: 215; title: Notes
pagenum: 231; title: Selected Bibliography
pagenum: 257; title: Credits
pagenum: 273; title: Index
pagenum: 275