1st Edition
The Bodies of Women Ethics, Embodiment and Sexual Differences
By Rosalyn Diprose
Copyright 1994
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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What sort of ethics do we need? Rosalyn Diprose argues that the usual approaches to ethics both perpetuate and remain blind to the mechanisms of the subordination of women. In Bodies of Women: Ethics, Embodiment and Sexual Differences , she claims that injustice against women is found in the social discourses and practices which both evaluate and constitute their modes of embodiment as improper... Read more
Introduction 1. Feminism and the Ethics of Reproduction 2. Ethics, Embodiment and Sexual Difference 3. Hegel's Restricted Economy of Difference 4. Sexual Difference Beyond Duality 5. Nietzsche on Sexed Embodiment 6. Biomedical Ethics and Lived, Sexed Bodies Conclusion
Biography
Rosalyn Diprose
'The sensitivity of her textual readings and the elegance of her writing are impressive... this is an important contribution to feminist ethics.' - Radical Philosophy
'Rosalyn Diprose, one of a group of exciting Australian feminist philosophers who have been snapping at the heels of modernism, has at last produced her own excellent book which decisively delivers the promise of her earlier articles.' - Womens Philosophy Review.
