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Two spheres of activity in human life
Two spheres of activity in human life
Public sphere
Two spheres of activity in human life
Public sphere
Interaction with strangers
Two spheres of activity in human life
Public sphere
Interaction with strangers
Governed by rules/laws
Two spheres of activity in human life
Public sphere
Interaction with strangers
Governed by rules/laws
Fairness
Two spheres of activity in human life
Public sphere
Interaction with strangers
Governed by rules/laws
Fairness, equality
Two spheres of activity in human life
Public sphere
Interaction with strangers
Governed by rules/laws
Fairness, equality
Work
Two spheres of activity in human life
Public sphere
Interaction with strangers
Governed by rules/laws
Fairness, equality
Work Commerce
Two spheres of activity in human life
Public sphere
Interaction with strangers
Governed by rules/laws
Fairness, equality
Work Commerce Government
Two spheres of activity in human life
Public sphere
Interaction with strangers
Governed by rules/laws
Fairness, equality
Work Commerce Government
Domestic sphere
Two spheres of activity in human life
Public sphere
Interaction with strangers
Governed by rules/laws
Fairness, equality
Work Commerce Government
Domestic sphere
Family, friends
Two spheres of activity in human life
Public sphere
Interaction with strangers
Governed by rules/laws
Fairness, equality
Work Commerce Government
Domestic sphere
Family, friends
Treatment depends on particular relationships
Two spheres of activity in human life
Public sphere
Interaction with strangers
Governed by rules/laws
Fairness, equality
Work Commerce Government
Domestic sphere
Family, friends
Treatment depends on particular relationships
Emotional ties
Two spheres of activity in human life
Public sphere
Interaction with strangers
Governed by rules/laws
Fairness, equality
Work Commerce Government
Domestic sphere
Family, friends
Treatment depends on particular relationships
Emotional ties
Historical fact:
Two spheres of activity in human life
Public sphere
Interaction with strangers
Governed by rules/laws
Fairness, equality
Work Commerce Government
Domestic sphere
Family, friends
Treatment depends on particular relationships
Emotional ties
Historical fact: In most of the world, for most of history, responsibility for activity in the two spheres has been segregated by sex.
Two spheres of activity in human life
Public sphere
Interaction with strangers
Governed by rules/laws
Fairness, equality
Work Commerce Government
Domestic sphere
Family, friends
Treatment depends on particular relationships
Emotional ties
Historical fact: In most of the world, for most of history, responsibility for activity in the two spheres has been segregated by sex.
People are socialized from birth to operate in the sphere of their sex.
Femininist Ethics
Femininist Ethics
What can moral theory tell us about the problems for women resulting from this historical segregation?
Femininist Ethics
What can moral theory tell us about the problems for women resulting from this historical segregation?
Unequal pay
Femininist Ethics
What can moral theory tell us about the problems for women resulting from this historical segregation?
Unequal pay
Unequal access to power
Femininist Ethics
What can moral theory tell us about the problems for women resulting from this historical segregation?
Unequal pay
Unequal access to power
Injustice in gendered family roles
Femininist Ethics
What can moral theory tell us about the problems for women resulting from this historical segregation?
Unequal pay
Unequal access to power
Injustice in gendered family roles
Feminine Ethics
Femininist Ethics
What can moral theory tell us about the problems for women resulting from this historical segregation?
Unequal pay
Unequal access to power
Injustice in gendered family roles
Feminine Ethics
What can the traditional experience of women tell us about the problems for moral theory resulting from this historical segregation?
Femininist Ethics
What can moral theory tell us about the problems for women resulting from this historical segregation?
Unequal pay
Unequal access to power
Injustice in gendered family roles
Feminine Ethics
What can the traditional experience of women tell us about the problems for moral theory resulting from this historical segregation?
Abstract universal principle vs. particular context
Femininist Ethics
What can moral theory tell us about the problems for women resulting from this historical segregation?
Unequal pay
Unequal access to power
Injustice in gendered family roles
Feminine Ethics
What can the traditional experience of women tell us about the problems for moral theory resulting from this historical segregation?
Abstract universal principle vs. particular context
Voluntary basis for obligations (contract) vs. finding ourselves involuntarily obligated (future generations)
Femininist Ethics
What can moral theory tell us about the problems for women resulting from this historical segregation?
Unequal pay
Unequal access to power
Injustice in gendered family roles
Feminine Ethics
What can the traditional experience of women tell us about the problems for moral theory resulting from this historical segregation?
Abstract universal principle vs. particular context
Voluntary basis for obligations (contract) vs. finding ourselves involuntarily obligated (future generations)
Reason vs. emotion
"Resolving conflicting responsibilities to dependent particular others" should be as important to moral theory as "rules for adjudicating competing rights and duties between generalized autonomous individuals".