Moral Understandings: A Feminist Study in Ethics (Studies in Feminist Philosophy) - Couverture souple

Walker, Margaret Urban

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195315405 ISBN 13 : 9780195315400

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Book by Walker Margaret Urban

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This is a revised edition of Walker's well-known book in feminist ethics first published in 1997. Walker's book proposes a view of morality and an approach to ethical theory which uses the critical insights of feminism and race theory to rethink the epistemological and moral position of the ethical theorist, and how moral theory is inescapably shaped by culture and history. The main gist of her book is that morality is embodied in "practices of responsibility" that express our identities, values, and connections to others in socially patterned ways. Thus ethical theory needs to be empirically informed and politically critical to avoid reiterating forms of socially entrenched bias. Responsible ethical theory should reveal and question the moral significance of social differences. The book engages with, and challenges, the work of contemporary analytic philosophers in ethics. This is a revised edition of Walker's well-known book in feminist ethics first published in 1997. Walker's book proposes a view of morality and an approach to ethical theory which uses the critical insights of feminism and race theory to rethink the epistemological and moral position of the ethical theorist, and how moral theory is inescapably shaped by culture and history. The main gist of her book is that morality is embodied in "practices of responsibility" that express our identities, values, and connections to others in socially patterned ways. Thus ethical theory needs to be empirically informed and politically critical to avoid reiterating forms of socially entrenched bias. Responsible ethical theory should reveal and question the moral significance of social differences. The book engages with, and challenges, the work of contemporary analytic philosophers in ethics.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Margaret Urban Walker is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. She has written numerous articles for journals, including Ethics, Hypatia and The Journal of Value Inquiry.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0195315405
• ISBN 13: 9780195315400
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 306