Feminist ethics and social policy (Indiana University Press, 1997)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Taking dependency seriously: the Family and medical leave act considered in light of the social organization of dependency work and gender equality / Eva Feder Kittay -- Reconciling equality to difference : caring (f)or justice for people with disabilities / Anita Silvers -- Feminist ethics and public health care policies : a case study on the Netherlands / Selma Sevenhuijsen -- The combat exclusion and the role of women in the military / Judith Wagner DeCew -- Fathers' rights, mothers' wrongs? : reflections on unwed fathers' rights and sex equality / Mary L. Shanley --Does comparable worth have radical potential? / Carolyn H. Magid -- "Male-order" brides : immigrant women, domestic violence, and immigration law / Uma Narayan -- Intimate danger : the case for preemptive self-defense / Sharon E. Hartline -- Mixed black and white race and public policy / Naomi Zack -- Agency and alliance in public discourses about sexualities / Janet R. Jakobsen -- "Undemocratic afflictions" : a feminist response to the AIDS epidemic / Kate Mehuron -- Pornography : an uncivil liberty? / Alisa L. Carse -- Beauty and breast implantation : how candidate selection affects autonomy and informed consent / Lisa S. Parker -- Sex-selective abortion : a relational approach / Gail Weiss
Feminist Ethics and Social Policy presents complex social issues in light of a feminist ethical perspective. The spirited essays collected here critique gender blindness and biases in traditional ethical theory while developing more gender-sensitive theories and concepts. Taken together, they conceptualize issues of right action, social justice, and the human good out of the specifically gendered experience of diverse groups of women