1. Complete the reading below.
Held’s Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory D
1. Complete the reading below.
Held’s Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory Download Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory.
2. Consider the following questions/prompts:
What two insights into the Western tradition and the tradition of ethics presented by Held as originating in feminist thinking do you find to be the most illuminating? Can you apply any of these insights to everyday life? Do they illuminate something about our society that might be changing and that might look different to people depending on their age or generation?
Identify an approach to an alternative approach to ethical theory that can argue is of value and should continue to be developed. (E.g., Baier’s notion of “trust” as the basis of morality, p. 332; or “care” in Morgan and Gilligan pp.331-2; or the importance and ethical primacy of the activity of creating new social persons, p. 336.) Make sure to use direct quotes for this.
Can you put into your own words what important addition might be made by this alternative approach? Can you identify what might be missing in the traditional approach?
