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1 online resource (xi, 314 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Autonomy, social disruption, and women / Marilyn Friedman -- Autonomy and the social self / Linda Barclay -- Feeling crazy: self-worth and the social character of responsibility / Paul Benson -- Autonomy and the feminist intuition / Natalie Stoljar -- Individuals, responsibility, and the philosophical imagination / Genevieve Lloyd -- Imaging oneself otherwise / Catriona Mackenzie -- Intersectional identity and the authentic self?: opposites attract! / Diana Tietjens Meyers -- The perversions of autonomy and the subjection of women: discourses of social advocacy at century's end / Lorraine Code -- Choice and control in feminist bioethics / Susan Dodds -- Autonomy and interdependence: quandaries in genetic decision making / Anne Donchin -- Relational autonomy, self-trust, and health care for patients who are oppressed / Carolyn McLeod and Susan Sherwin -- Relational autonomy and freedom of expression / Susan J. Brison. |
| Summary |
These essays explore the social and relational dimensions of individual autonomy. Rejecting the feminist charge that autonomy is inherently masculinist, the contributors draw on feminist critiques of autonomy to challenge philosophical debates about agency, identity, and moral responsibility. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Feminist theory.
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Feminist theory. |
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Autonomy.
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Autonomy. |
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Agent (Philosophy)
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Agent (Philosophy) |
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Self (Philosophy)
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Self (Philosophy) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Feminist theory. |
| Added Author |
Mackenzie, Catriona.
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Stoljar, Natalie, 1961-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Relational autonomy. New York : Oxford University Press, 2000 0195123336 9780195123333 (DLC) 99012792 (OCoLC)40813273 |
| ISBN |
9780195352603 (electronic book) |
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0195352602 (electronic book) |
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9780195123333 |
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0195123336 |
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0195123344 (paperback) |
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