PHILOS 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Feminist Ethics, Nel Noddings, Femininity
10 Nov 2012
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Samantha brennon recent work in feminist ethics. Feminist ethics critique the traditional theories, written by privileged men have certain biases. November 6: male experiences as the norm theories were then constructed upon this norm. Emphasis put on the public realm, and the division of the public and private realm is a problem for morality. Therein the females are relegated to the private realm, with no theories based on this realm: men as morally mature, females taken as morally immature. Reasoning as a quality applied to males, not females. Their ability to act apart from their emotion as a positive indicator: masculine characteristics overrated (independence, autonomy, the intellect) Taken to be the most important characteristics overall, the value emphasis is put on these associatively male" quality. Female characteristics of interdependence, etc. not included in theories. Male" ways of reasoning (rights, rules, impartiality) over the female" way (relationships, responsibility, particularity)
