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

Feminist Philosophy

Short Answer



1

What's the basic difference between the first wave and the second wave of feminist thought?
2

Why do some feminists (like Ann Ferguson) support monoadrogyny while others (like Joyce Trebilcot) support polyandrogyny while still others (like Marilyn Frye) reject the androgynous ideal completely?
3

What's the difference between the way boys and girls (and men and women) approach moral decision making, according to Carol Gilligan?
4

What makes some feminists suspicious of a care-centered feminist ethics?
5

Why doesn't Susan Moller Okin think that the modern, middle-class family is a just institution?
6

What's wrong with so-called gender-neutral language (using words like "man" and "he" to refer to both sexes equally), according to many feminists?
7

Why do feminists like Andrea Dworkin and Catherine MacKinnon oppose unregulated access to pornography?
8

Why do women-of-color often feel excluded from feminist issues and discussions?
9

What do many feminists epistemologists find wrong with the traditional, scientific approach to knowledge and the knower?
10

What two assumptions undergird both the domination of women and the domination of nature in Western society, and how do they do this?