Virginia Held, Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory - The Public Vs The Private

28/04/2025 13 min
Virginia Held, Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory - The Public Vs The Private

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Episode Synopsis

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th-21st Century philosopher, ethicist, and theorist of the ethics of care, Virginia Held, from her 1990 article Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory

It focuses upon her criticism of traditional, male-focused moral theory, which she charges with confining women and their concerns to the private sphere (as opposed to the public and political sphere).

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