| Description |
ix, 325 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"Largely created for or inspired by the conference on women and moral theory, held at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, in March 1985"--Introd. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Eva Feder Kittay and Diana T. Meyers -- Part I. Gender difference and morality : The empirical base -- Moral orientation and moral development / Carol Gilligan -- Part II. The traditional roots of an ethics of responsibility -- Hume, the women's moral theorist? / Annette C. Baier -- Duty and friendship : toward a synthesis of Gilligan's contrastive moral concepts / Michael Stocker -- Filial morality / Christina Hoff Sommers -- Part III. Aspects of moral deliberation -- Moral passages / Kathryn Pyne Addelson -- Feminism and moral theory / Virginia Held -- The importance of autonomy / Thomas E. Hill, Jr. -- The socialized individual and individual autonomy : an intersection between philosophy and psychology / Diana T. Meyers -- The generalized and the concrete other : the Kohlberg-Gilligan controversy and moral theory / Seyla Benhabib -- Other voices, other rooms? Women's psychology and moral theory / George Sher -- Care and context in moral reasoning / Marilyn Friedman -- Moral development and the personal point of view / Jonathan E. Adler -- Part IV. Beyond moral theory : political and legal implications of difference -- Remarks on the sexual politics of reason / Sara Ruddick -- Politics, feminism, and the ethics of care / Mary Fainsod Katzenstein and David D. Laitin -- Legalizing gender-specific values / Lizbeth Hasse -- The curious coincidence of feminine and African moralities : challenges for feminist theory / Sandra Harding. |
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Ethics -- Congresses.
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Women -- Psychology -- Congresses.
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Sex differences (Psychology) -- Congresses.
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Moral development -- Congresses.
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Feminist ethics -- Congresses.
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Ethics -- Congresses.
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Women -- psychology -- Congresses.
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Women's Rights -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Kittay, Eva Feder.
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Meyers, Diana T.
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| ISBN |
0847673812 |
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0847673820 paperback |
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