Renowned feminist philosopher Claudia Card courageously explores the complex ethical and political questions lesbians face regarding their identities and their relationship both within and outside the lesbian communities.
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 i...
Adventures in Lesbian Philosophy contains many illuminatingdiscussions (of S/M sex, lesbian ethics, lesbian desire, bisexuality), and includesa useful bibliography of lesbian criticism." --Passion
"This new collection edited by Claudia Card includesimportant articles of interest to feminist philosophy relating to lesbian feministissues and ethics." -- Ethics
..". a fun and engagingconceptual romp." -- Journal of the History ofSexuality
These e...
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 i...
Contributors including Annette C. Baler, Marilyn Friedman, Marilyn Frye, Alison M. Jaggar, and Michele M. Moody-Adams examine such topics as cultural pluralism, lesbianism, terrorism, survival ethics, bitterness, integrity, and trust.
This philosophical study of collectively perpetrated and suffered atrocities examines the tension between responding to evils and preserving humanitarian values.
This philosophical study of collectively perpetrated and suffered atrocities examines the tension between responding to evils and preserving humanitarian values.
Examines how luck enters into moral character and considers how some of those who are oppressed can develop responsibility. The author takes as her paradigms the luck of middle and lower classes of women who face violence and exploitation, of lesbians who face continuing pressure to hide or self-destruct, and of adult survivors of child abuse.
