On Feminist Ethics and Politics

Book Overview

For years, mainstream feminist ethics focused criticism on male supremacy. Feminist philosophers in this volume adopt a less male-focused stance to look closely at oppression's impact on women's agency and on women's relations with women.

Examining legal, social, and physical relationships, these philosophers confront moral ambiguity, moral compromise, and complicity in perpetuating oppression. Combining personal experience with philosophical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700609687
• ISBN13: 9780700609680
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"