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Rethinking Ethics in the Midst of Violence : title: A Feminist Approach to Freedom New Feminist Perspectives Series author: Bell, Linda A. publisher: Rowman & Littlefield isbn10 | asin: 084767844X print isbn13: 9780847678440 ebook isbn13: 9780585189994 language: English Feminist ethics, Violence--Moral and ethical subject aspects. publication date: 1993 lcc: BJ1395.B45 1993eb ddc: 170/.82 Feminist ethics, Violence--Moral and ethical subject: aspects. Page i Rethinking Ethics in the Midst of Violence Page ii New Feminist Perspectives Series General Editor: Rosemarie Tong, Davidson College Claiming Reality: Phenomenology and Women's Experience by Louise Levesque-Lopman, Regis College Evidence on Her Own Behalf: Women's Narrative as Theological Voice by Elizabeth Say, California State University, Northridge Feminist Jurisprudence: The Difference Debate edited by Leslie Friedman Goldstein, University of Delaware Is Women's Philosophy Possible? by Nancy J. Holland, Hamline University Manhood and Politics: A Feminist Reading in Political Theory by Wendy L. Brown, University of California, Santa Cruz Rethinking Ethics in the Midst of Violence: A Feminist Approach to Freedom by Linda A. Bell, Georgia State University Rethinking Masculinity: Philosophical Explorations in the Light of Feminism Edited by Larry May, Washington University, and Robert A. Strikwerda, Indiana University, Kokomo Speaking from the Heart: A Feminist Perspective on Ethics by Rita C. Manning, San Jose State University Toward a Feminist Epistemology by Jane Duran, University of California, Santa Barbara Women, Militarism, and War: Essays in History, Politics, and Social Theory Edited by Jean Bethke Elshtain, Vanderbilt University, and Sheila Tobias, University of Arizona Women, Sex and the Law by Rosemary Tong, Davidson College Page iii Rethinking Ethics in the Midst of Violence A Feminist Approach to Freedom Linda A. Bell with a Foreword by Claudia Card Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Page iv ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Published in the United States of America by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 4720 Boston Way, Lanham, Maryland 20706 Copyright © 1993 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. British Cataloging in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bell, Linda A. Rethinking ethics in the midst of violence : a feminist approach to freedom / Linda A. Bell. p. cm (New feminist perspectives series). Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Feminist ethics. 2. ViolenceMoral and ethical aspects. I. Title. II. Series. BJ1395.B45 1993 170'.82dc20 93-2697 CIP ISBN 0-8476-7844-X (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN 0-8476-7845-8 (paper: alk. paper) Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Page v For Liberty and Jennifer and a better world in which to grow up, a world in which all oppression and all hate crimes, including those against women and girls, will be viewed as crimes against real people. Page vii Contents Foreword xi By Claudia Card Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 1 17 Feminist Ethics Feminism and Ethical Theory 18 Recognition of the Reality of Violence 21 The Personal Is Political: Rejecting Individual 26 Solutions The Problem of Co-optation 29 The Importance of Struggle 33 Violence, the Feminine, and an Ethics of Caring 35 The City of Ends 41 The Spirit of Play 45 Conclusion 47 Notes 48 2 55 Rethinking Some Fundamental Concepts The Ideal of Objectivity 56 The Role of Separatism 63 The Ideal of Equality 69 Rethinking the Meaning of Power 75 Conclusion 80 Notes 80 3 87 The Place in Ethics of Natures and Needs Historical Survey 88 Nature's Alleged Support for Hierarchy 92
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