An intersectional feminist theory of moral responsibility

by Ciurria, Michelle

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Title Statements

Full title :An intersectional feminist theory of moral responsibility / Michelle Ciurria.

Summary

"This book develops an intersectional feminist approach to moral responsibility. It accomplishes four main goals. First, it outlines a concise list of the main principles of intersectional feminism. Second, it uses these principles to critique prevailing philosophical theories of moral responsibility. Third, it offers an account of moral responsibility that is compatible with the ethos of intersectional feminism. And fourth, it uses intersectional feminist principles to critique culturally normative responsibility practices. This is the first book to provide an explicitly intersectional feminist approach to moral responsibility. After identifying the five principles central to intersectional feminism, the author demonstrates how influential theories of responsibility are incompatible with these principles. She argues that a normative theory of blame should not be preoccupied with the agency or traits of wrongdoers; it should instead underscore, and seek to ameliorate, oppression and adversity as experienced by the marginalized. Apt blame and praise, according to her intersectional feminist account, is both communicative and functionalist. The book concludes with an extensive discussion of culturally-embedded responsibility practices, including asymmetrically-structured conversations and gender- and racially-biased social spaces. An Intersectional Feminist Approach to Moral Responsibility presents a sophisticated and original philosophical account of moral responsibility. It will be of interest to philosophers working at the crossroads of moral responsibility, feminist philosophy, critical race theory, queer theory, critical disability studies, and intersectionality"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 255 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780367343972, 0367343975
oclc:on1121286679
LC Classification:HQ1190
Dewey Decimal:305.4201

Subjects

Feminism -- Moral and ethical aspects Féminisme -- Aspect moral Feminismus Feminist theory Intersektionalität Moralische Verantwortung Responsabilité Responsibility Théorie féministe