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15Autonomy and social relationships: Rethinking the feminist critiqueIn Diana T. Meyers (ed.), Feminists rethink the self, Westview Press. pp. 40--61. 1997.
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20Feminism and modern friendshipIn Penny A. Weiss & Marilyn Friedman (eds.), Feminism and community, Temple University Press. pp. 99--187. 1995.
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120Feminism in ethics: Conceptions of autonomyIn Miranda Fricker & Jennifer Hornsby (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Feminism in Philosophy, Cambridge University Press. pp. 205--24. 2000.
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2Abraham, Socrates, and Heinz : where are the women? (care and context in moral reasoning)In Carol Gibb Harding (ed.), Moral dilemmas and ethical reasoning, Transaction Publishers. 1985.
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3On terrorism : definition, defense, and womenIn Larry May & Emily Crookston (eds.), War: Essays in Political Philosophy, Cambridge University Press. 2008.
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12Ethics and feminismIn Kittay Eva Feder & Martín Alcoff Linda (eds.), The Blackwell Guide to Feminist Philosophy, Wiley-blackwell. 2006.This chapter contains section titled: Care Ethics Applied Ethics Autonomy Communicative Ethics Feminist Ethical Strategies Notes Further Reading.
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47Does Sommers like women?: More on liberalism, gender hierarchy, and Scarlett O'HaraJournal of Social Philosophy 21 (2-3): 75-90. 1990.
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105Women’s Autonomy and Feminist AspirationsJournal of Philosophical Research 21 331-340. 1996.Autonomy has risen in esteem, then fallen, only to rise again in recent theorizing about women in society and culture. In this paper, I further bolster the renewed feminist interest in autonomy. I characterize feminist social aspirations in terms of three very abstract goals and then argue that women’s individual autonomy promotes at least two of them in crucial ways. Women’s autonomy will improve the quality of the close personal relationships that pervade women’s traditional moral concems (the…Read more
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52Nancy J. Hirschmann on the Social Construction of Women's FreedomHypatia 21 (4): 182-191. 2006.Nancy J. Hirschmann presents a feminist, social constructionist account of women's freedom. Friedman's discussion of Hirschmanns account deals with some conceptual problems facing a thoroughgoing social constructionism; three ways to modify social constructionism to avoid those problems; and an assessment of Hirschmann's version of social constructionism in light of the previous discussion.
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16Welfare Cuts and the Ascendance of Market PatriarchyHypatia 3 (2). 1988.Recent welfare cuts have revealed that the patriarchal control of women's domestic labor has been significantly relocated from the home and the governmental bureaucracy to the marketplace. Through the sale of domestic and reproductive labor, many low income women have come to occupy a class position in relation to middle and upper income families which parallels the position occupied by the traditional wife in relation to her husband.
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79Individuality Without Individualism: Review of Janice Raymond's A Passion for Friends (review)Hypatia 3 (2): 131-137. 1988.This review of Janice Raymond's A Passion for Friends focuses on her strong sense of the individual and of individuality. However, and this is the central contention of my paper, her perspective is quite distinct from liberal individualism. It is also a complex variation on the feminist concern with selves in relationships.
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100Beyond Caring: The De-Moralization of GenderCanadian Journal of Philosophy 17 (sup1): 87-110. 1987.Carol Gilligan heard a ‘distinct moral language’ in the voices of women who were subjects in her studies of moral reasoning. Though herself a developmental psychologist, Gilligan has put her mark on contemporary feminist moral philosophy by daring to claim the competence of this voice and the worth of its message. Her book, In a Different Voice, which one theorist has aptly described as a best-seller, explored the concern with care and relationships which Gilligan discerned in the moral reasonin…Read more
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24Women’s Autonomy and Feminist AspirationsJournal of Philosophical Research 21 331-340. 1996.Autonomy has risen in esteem, then fallen, only to rise again in recent theorizing about women in society and culture. In this paper, I further bolster the renewed feminist interest in autonomy. I characterize feminist social aspirations in terms of three very abstract goals and then argue that women’s individual autonomy promotes at least two of them in crucial ways. Women’s autonomy will improve the quality of the close personal relationships that pervade women’s traditional moral concems (the…Read more
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88Political Correctness: For and AgainstRowman & Littlefield Publishers. 1994.Two prominent philosophers here engage in a forthright debate over some of the centrally disputed topics in the political correctness controversy now taking place on college campuses across the nation, including feminism, campus speech codes, the western canon, and the nature of truth. Friedman and Narveson conclude the volume with direct replies to each other's positions
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135Female TerroristsSocial Philosophy Today 23 189-200. 2007.Should women’s terrorist acts be understood differently than similar acts carried out by men? Does the gender identity of a terrorist make a difference to the meaning of a terrorist’s acts? Commentators who explain women’s involvement in terrorism often offer explanations other than political commitment. They often refer instead to factors in the women’s personal relationships, thereby drawing on gender stereotypes and diminishing the women’s political commitments. I suggest instead that terrori…Read more
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23Feminism and community (edited book)Temple University Press. 1995.Author note: Penny A. Weiss, Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue University, is the author of Gendered Community: Rousseau, Sex, and Politics. Marilyn Friedman, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Washington University, is the author of What Are Friends For? Feminist Perspectives on Personal Relationships and Moral Theory.
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6Women's Liberation and the Sublime: Feminism, Postmodernism, Environment (edited book)Oxford University Press USA. 2006.This book is a passionate report on the state of feminist thinking and practice after the linguistic turn. A critical assessment of masculinist notions of the sublime in modern and postmodern accounts grounds the author's positive and constructive recuperation of sublime experience in a feminist voice.
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154The practice of partialityEthics 101 (4): 818-835. 1991.This essay counteracts that trend [regarding the debate about whether partiality can be justified, those supporting impartiality have generally been on the offensive arguing that morality calls for impartiality] by taking a closer look at the moral complexity of our social practices of partiality. My adoption of this approach does not represent an endorsement of current notions of impartiality. The ideal of impartiality, in my view, should be substantially reformulated. However, that the concept…Read more
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1180Multicultural Education and Feminist EthicsHypatia 10 (2). 1995.Feminist ethics supports the contemporary educational trend toward increased multiculturalism and a diminished emphasis on the Western canon. First, I outline a feminist ethical justification for this development. Second, I argue that Western canon studies should not be altogether abandoned in a multicultural curriculum. Third, I suggest that multicultural education should help combat oppression in addition to simply promoting awareness of diversity. Fourth, I caution against an arrogant moralis…Read more
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116"They lived happily ever after": Sommers on women and marriageJournal of Social Philosophy 21 (2-3): 57-58. 1990.
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