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Burdened virtues : virtue ethics for liberatory struggles /

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This deeply original and provocative work looks at the concerns of traditional feminist scholarship from the perspective of Aristotelian virtue ethics. Her subject is the moral life and the self under duress - how human beings exercise their moral agency within the constraints of oppressive social s...

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Main Author: Tessman, Lisa, 1966-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:Studies in feminist philosophy.
Subjects:
Virtues.
Ethics.
Women > Conduct of life.
Feminist ethics.
Oppression (Psychology)
Virtue.
Ethics
Vertus.
Morale.
Femmes > Morale pratique.
Éthique féministe.
Oppression.
ethics (philosophy)
SELF-HELP > Personal Growth > Happiness.
Virtue
Feminist ethics
Virtues
Women > Conduct of life
Feministische Ethik
Tugendethik
Women.
Gender identity.
Gender.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This deeply original and provocative work looks at the concerns of traditional feminist scholarship from the perspective of Aristotelian virtue ethics. Her subject is the moral life and the self under duress - how human beings exercise their moral agency within the constraints of oppressive social structures.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 185 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-177) and index.
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