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Philosophy: The Power of Ideas
Philosophy: The Power of Ideas, 5/e
Brooke Moore
Kenneth Bruder

Feminist Philosophy

Key Objectives

Upon completing this chapter you should be able to:

1.

Distinguish the first wave of feminism from the second wave and discuss the arguments for and against the various forms of the androgynous ideal.

2.

Describe Carol Gilligan's theory of moral development and Nancy Chodorow's theory of gender identity.

3.

Compare and contrast feminist ethics of care and maternal thinking from an ethics of rights and justice.

4.

Describe Mary Daly's feminist alternative to the patriarchal vision of God as Father.

5.

State the basic elements of Japanese thought, including Shintoism, Mahayana Buddhism, and the bushido path of the samurai warrior.

6.

Describe recent feminist treatments of sexist language, pornography, diversity, epistemology, and ecology.