Burdened Virtues - Virtue Ethics for Liberatory Struggles

Zusatztext This book is as much a contribution to feminist moral and political thought and theories of oppositional politics as it is to virtue ethics and moral psychology. Informationen zum Autor Lisa Tessman is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies, Binghamton University. Klappentext Lisa Tessman's Burdened Virtues is a deeply original and provocative work that engages questions central to feminist theory and practice, from the perspective of Aristotelian ethics. Focused primarily on selves who endure and resist oppression, she addresses the ways in which devastatingconditions confronted by these selves both limit and burden their moral goodness, and affect their possibilities of flourishing. She describes two different forms of "moral trouble" prevalent under oppression. The first is that the oppressed self may be morally damaged, prevented from developing orexercising some of the virtues; the second is that the very conditions of oppression require the oppressed to develop a set of virtues that carry a moral cost to those who practice them--traits that Tessman refers to as "burdened virtues." These virtues have the unusual feature of being disjoinedfrom their bearer's own well being. Tessman's work focuses on issues that have been missed by many feminist moral theories, and her use of the virtue ethics framework brings feminist concerns more closely into contact with mainstream ethical theory. This book will appeal to feminist theorists in philosophy and women's studies, butalso more broadly, ethicists and social theorists. Zusammenfassung Looks at the concerns of traditional feminist scholarship from the perspective of Aristotelian virtue ethics. This book examines moral harms of the oppressed self, and the conditions of oppression that require the oppresses to develop a set of traits. It is useful for feminist theorists in philosophy and women's studies, and social theorists.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lisa Tessman, Lisa (Assistant Professor of Philosophy Tessman, Tessman Lisa
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.10.2005
• EAN: 9780195179156
• ISBN: 978-0-19-517915-6
• Pagine: 200
• Serie: Studies in Feminist Philosophy; Studies in Feminist Philosophy
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy