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Global Feminist Ethics
Author(s): Rebecca Whisnant (Editor), Peggy DesAutels
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK)
- Publication Date: 7 Nov. 2007
- Language: English
- Print length: 300 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780742559103
- ISBN-13: 0742559106
Book Description
This volume is fourth in the series of annuals created under the auspices of The Association for Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST). It includes papers by philosophers offering cutting-edge feminist perspectives on ethical issues of global and transnational significance. Feminist approaches to global issues address a great many questions that grip people who are not philosophers, nor even necessarily feminists. These questions include: What are the obligations of global citizenship? How must our concepts of caring, and of human rights, be modified or expanded when applied in a global context? What approach to peacekeeping, if any, underwrites effective peacekeeping missions? Who counts as poor, and who does not? What emotions can motivate sustained, ethical, and effective political action? The topics covered herein-from peacekeeping and terrorism, to sex trafficking and womens paid labor, to poverty and religious fundamentalism-are vital to women and to feminist movements throughout the world.
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About the Author
Sabrina L. Hom is associate professor of philosophy and affiliate faculty of women’s and gender studies at Georgia College and State University.
