Living With Contradictions: Controversies In Feminist Social Ethics - Tapa dura

Aiming to demonstrate that feminist ethics is a rich and complex subject, rather than just a series of dogmatic positions on "women's" issues such as abortion rights and pornography, this anthology starts with the assumption that feminism demands an examination of moral issues with a commitment to ending women's subordination. It sets out to show that is is no longer sensible or viable to divide social issues into those that are feminist and those that are not. The wide-ranging contributions, by writers such as Carole Patemen, Andrea Dworking, Janet Radcliffe Richards, Alice Walker, John Berger, Cynthia Enloe and Thomas W. Laquer, address moral issues which include militarism, environmentalism and the treatment of animals.

Alison M. Jaggar is professor of philosophy and women studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder.