'Nagging' Questions: Feminist Ethics in Everyday Life / Edition 1

by Dana E. Bushnell, Anita L. Allen University of Pennsylvani, Sandra Lee Bartky, John Christman, Judith Wagner DeCew

Overview

In this anthology of new and classic articles, fifteen noted feminist philosophers explore contemporary ethical issues that uniquely affect the lives of women. These issues in applied ethics include autonomy, responsibility, sexual harassment, women in the military, new technologies for reproduction, surrogate motherhood, pornography, abortion, nonfeminist women and others. Whether generated by old social standards or intensified by recent technology, these dilemmas all pose persistent, 'nagging,' questions that cry out for answers. Unlike other anthologies in feminist ethics, this book encourages critical thinking about concrete, contemporary social and moral issues. Each engaging, clearly written article is followed by discussion questions, making the book useful for students of women's studies, philosophy, sociology, and political science.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780847680078
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/29/1995
Series:	New Feminist Perspectives
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Dana E. Bushnell is assistant professor of philosophy at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Philosophy and Feminism Chapter 2 Feminism and Autonomy Chapter 3 Oppression and Victimization: Choice and Responsibility Chapter 4 Right-Wing Women: Causes, Choices, and Blaming the Victim Chapter 5 Sexual Harassment, the Acquiescent Plaintiff and the "Unwelcomeness" Requirement Chapter 6 Women, Equality, and the Military Chapter 7 New Reproductive Technologies Chapter 8 Markets in Women's Reproductive Labor Chapter 9 Privacy and Reproductive Liberty Chapter 10 Coerced Birth Control and Sexual Discrimination Chapter 11 Is IVF Research a Threat to Women's Autonomy? Chapter 12 To Be or Not Be a Woman: Anorexia Nervosa, Normative Gender Roles, and Feminism Chapter 13 Women and the Knife: Cosmetic Surgery and the Colonization of Women's Bodies Chapter 14 Beauty's Punishment: How Feminists Look at Pornography Chapter 15 Feminine Masochism and the Politics of Personal Transformation

Editorial Reviews

.. . essays are very well chosen. .. introductory essay is very clear and very basic.

Ethics: An International Journal of Social

The philosophical essays collected in this volume not only offer illuminating perspectives on a variety of practical concerns, many of which are of special interest to younger women, but also provide fresh insight into such perennial philosophical issues as autonomy, choice and responsibility.

Alison M. Jaggar

An unusually strong and fresh collection of essays, provocative, well written, varied in philosophical approach and covering an interesting array of important issues.

Judith Andre

. . . essays are very well chosen . . . introductory essay is very clear and very basic.

Ethics: An International Journal of Social

. . . essays are very well chosen . . . introductory essay is very clear and very basic.

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