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Ethics Naturalized: Feminism's Contribution to Moral Epistemology
Author(s) -
Jaggar Alison M.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
metaphilosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1467-9973
pISSN - 0026-1068
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9973.00163
Subject(s) - naturalism , epistemology , feminist epistemology , feminism , sociology , subordination (linguistics) , moral philosophy , feminist philosophy , focus (optics) , moral psychology , moral disengagement , philosophy , gender studies , linguistics , physics , optics
A survey of Western feminist ethics over the past thirty years reveals considerable diversity; nonetheless, much recent work in this area is characterized by its adoption of a naturalistic approach. Such an approach is similar to that found in contemporary naturalized epistemology and philosophy of science, yet feminist naturalism has a unique focus. This paper explains what feminist naturalism can contribute to moral philosophy, both by critiquing moral concepts that obscure or rationalize women’s subordination and by paying attention to real‐life practices of moral inquiry, including those used by women.