Women have something valuable to contribute to every aspect of the world. Feminist research should do more than critique, but. As carole pateman writes of this tradition, a corollary of the liberal view. In his theory of justice, john rawls uses what he calls the. Politically, this view led to the claim that women and men should be treated as equals and that women should not only be given access to the same resources and positions as men but also be three waves of feminism 5 01krolokke4666.
The main reasons she gives for this stems from the fact that the relationship a mother has to her child is involuntary, nonreplaceable, clearly shows the lack of legal equality, constantly obligatory, and rarely private. Feminist attraction to communitarianism is easily understandable. Realities are interpreted in contractual terms, and goals are formulated in terms of rational contracts. Contractualism now exists in contemporary society, as sullivan states. Annotated bibliography on exploring a social contract approach to the politics. In essence, held argues that since familial relations are.
That commitment results in a tendency, in feminist ethics, to take into account empirical. Contemporary society is in the grip of contractual thinking. Held argues that rather than using the contractual paradigm of the economic man, societal relations should be based on the paradigm of motherchild relationships the concept of contracting should be replaced with mothering women and family the relation should helds motherchild. Ris procite, reference manager, endnote, bibtex, medlars. Upload a copy of this paper check publishers policy papers currently archived. Article information, pdf download for children and the feminist. This document is an output from the chronic poverty research centre cprc which is. Human beings are fundamentally rational and rationality is a matter of choosing the most effective ways of accomplishing our goals 3. Human beings are independent, selfinterested individuals 2. Feminist theory is founded on three main principles ropershuilman, 2002. A feminist perspective on the limits of freedom of contract. As an oppressed group, women have been unable to achieve their potential, receive rewards, or gain full participation in society. Feminist ethics stanford encyclopedia of philosophy.
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