Vulnerability
New Essays in Ethics and Feminist Philosophy
Published on 12. December 2013
Book
Hardback
332 pages
978-0-19-931664-9 (ISBN)
Description
The aim of this volume is to open up reflection on the nature of vulnerability, the responsibilities owed to the vulnerable, who bears these responsibilities, and how they are best fulfilled. In canvassing responses to these questions, the contributors engage with a range of ethical traditions and with issues in contemporary political philosophy and bioethics. Some essays in the volume explore the connections between vulnerability, autonomy, dignity, and justice. Other essays engage with a feminist ethics of care to articulate the relationship between vulnerability, dependence, and care. These theoretical approaches are complemented by detailed examination of vulnerability in specific contexts, including disability; responsibilities to children; intergenerational justice; and care of the elderly. The essays thus address fundamental questions concerning our moral duties to each other as individuals and as citizens. Contributing significantly to the development of an ethics of vulnerability, this volume opens up promising avenues for future research in feminist philosophy, moral and political philosophy, and bioethics.
Reviews / Votes
Vulnerability is a notable volume for multiple reasons, including the variety of philosophical perspectives it contains, the caliber of its contributors, and the rigor of the essays themselves. The value of the collection is evident from the very start, which is to say, from the introduction. Introductions to edited volumes rarely elicit comment, as they tend to function primarily as a preview of coming attractions. In this instance, however, editors Catriona Mackenzie, Wendy Rogers, and Susan Dodds demonstrate just how excellent and useful an introduction can be, offering one that is simply not to be missed. * Hypatia Reviews Online * Happily, the essays in this volume canvas a range of ways in which being (or appearing to be) vulnerable bears on a range of other important topics, such as agency, autonomy, care, competence, dependence, discrimination, justice, obligation, respect, responsibility, rights, and risk. Thus, those who read this book will be rewarded with a wealth of stimulating ideas, not only on what human vulnerability is, but also on what should be done about it. * Australasian Journal of Philosophy *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
663 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-931664-9 (9780199316649)
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New Essays in Ethics and Feminist Philosophy
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Persons
Catriona Mackenzie is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts at Macquarie University, Sydney. She has published extensively in moral psychology, feminist philosophy and applied ethics. Within these areas she is known especially for her work on relational autonomy and practical identity.
Wendy Rogers is Professor of Clinical Ethics at Macquarie University, Sydney. She has published widely in clinical and public health ethics and in feminist bioethics. Her work focuses on the intersection between ethical theory and practical problems in health care ethics.
Susan Dodds is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania. She has published widely in political philosophy, moral philosophy and applied ethics (especially feminist bioethics). Her work focuses on the intersection of political philosophy, feminist theory and and applied ethics.
Wendy Rogers is Professor of Clinical Ethics at Macquarie University, Sydney. She has published widely in clinical and public health ethics and in feminist bioethics. Her work focuses on the intersection between ethical theory and practical problems in health care ethics.
Susan Dodds is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania. She has published widely in political philosophy, moral philosophy and applied ethics (especially feminist bioethics). Her work focuses on the intersection of political philosophy, feminist theory and and applied ethics.
Editor
Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Research Centre for Agency, Values, and EthicsProfessor of Philosophy and Director of the Research Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics, Macquerie University
Professor of Clinical Ethics,Department of Philosophy and Australian School of Advanced MedicineProfessor of Clinical Ethics,Department of Philosophy and Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquerie University
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Professor of PhilosophyDean of the Faculty of Arts and Professor of Philosophy, University of Tasmania
Content
Notes on Contributors ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction: What Is Vulnerability and Why Does It Matter for Moral Theory? ; Catriona Mackenzie, Wendy Rogers, Susan Dodds ; Part I: Reflections on Vulnerability ; 1. The Importance of Relational Autonomy and Capabilities for an Ethics of Vulnerability ; Catriona Mackenzie ; 2. Vulnerability and Bioethics ; Wendy Rogers ; 3. The Role of Vulnerability in Kantian Ethics ; Paul Formosa ; 4. Moral Vulnerability and the Task of Reparations ; Margaret Urban Walker ; 5. Autonomy and Vulnerability Entwined ; Joel Anderson ; 6. Being in Time: Ethics and Temporal Vulnerability ; Janna Thompson ; Part II: Vulnerability, Dependency and Care ; 7. Dependence, care and vulnerability ; Susan Dodds ; 8. Disability and Vulnerability: on Bodies, Dependence and Power ; Jackie Leach Scully ; 9. Moral Responsibility for Coerced Wrongdoing: the Case of Abused Women Who "Fail to Protect" Their Children ; Marilyn Friedman ; 10. Parental Values and Children's Vulnerability ; Mianna Lotz ; 11. Children, Vulnerability, and Emotional Harm ; Amy Mullin ; 12. Vulnerability and Aging in the Context of Care ; Rosemarie Tong