Feminist Ethics and Social Policy [Paperback]

Much work in feminist ethics has been rather abstract. The editors of this work believe that the time has come to assess the potential contribution of feminist ethical theory to the evaluation of specific social policies. If feminist ethics has indeed mobilized important paradigm shifts in normative analysis, then this should enable creative ways of reflection on social policy. Feminist ethics criticizes the gender blindness and biases in much traditional ethical theory, and develops new theories and concepts that are more gender sensitive. Feminist ethics also works to conceptualize issues of right action, social justice, and the human good from out of the specifically gendered experience of diverse groups of women. Feminist ethics has no single set of questions or propositions, but includes a variety of approaches as demonstrated by these essayssome operate within a liberal framework of equality, freedom, justice, and rights, while others are more critical of mainstream liberal versions of these concepts.

Introduction
Patrice DiQuinzio and Iris Marion Young

1. Taking Dependency Seriously: The Family Medical Leave Act Considered in Light of the Social
Organization of Dependency Work and Gender Equality, Eva Fetter Kittay
2. Reconciling Equality to Difference: Caring (F)or Justice for People with Disabilities, Anita Silvers
3. Feminist Ethics and Public Health Care Policies: A Case Study of the Netherlands, Selma Sevenhuijsen
4. The Combat Exclusion and the Role of Women in the Military, Judith Wagner DeCew
5. Fathers Rights, Mothers Wrongs? Reflections on Unwed Fathers Rights and Sex Equality,
Mary L. Shanley
6. Does Comparable Worth Have Radical Potential?, Carolyn H. Magid
7. Male-Order Brides: Immigrant Women, Domestic Violence, and Immigration Law, Uma Narayan
8. Stranger ViolenceAn Easy Case, Sharon E. Hartline
9. Mixed Black and White Race and Public Policy, Naomi Zack
10. Agency and Alliance in Publicls>