Setting the Moral Compass: Essays by Women Philosophers (Studies in Feminist Philosophy)

Setting the Moral Compass brings together the (largely unpublished) work of nineteen women moral philosophers whose powerful and innovative work has contributed to the "re-setting of the compass" of moral philosophy over the past two decades. The contributors, who include many of the top names in this field, tackle several wide-ranging projects: they develop an ethics for ordinary life and vulnerable persons; they examine the question of what we ought to do for each other; they highlight the moral significance of inhabiting a shared social world; they reveal the complexities of moral negotiations; and finally they show us the place of emotion in moral life. Contents......Page 10 Contributors......Page 12 Introduction......Page 18 I: An Ethics for Ordinary Life and Vulnerable Persons......Page 36 1 Virtue and the Skills of Ordinary Life......Page 38 2 The Household as Repair Shop......Page 58 3 Taking Care: Care as Practice and Value......Page 74 4 The Future of Feminist Liberalism......Page 87 II: What We Ought to Do for Each Other......Page 104 5 The Scope of Moral Requirement......Page 106 6 The Moral of Moral Luck......Page 128 7 Common Decency......Page 143 III: The Normative Importance of a Shared Social World......Page 158 8 Resentment and Assurance......Page 160 9 Genocide and Social Death......Page 176 10 Demoralization, Trust, and the Virtues......Page 191 IV: Achieving Adequate Moral Understandings......Page 204 11 Kant on Arrogance and Self-Respect......Page 206 12 Diversity, Trust, and Moral Understanding......Page 232 13 Globalizing Feminist Ethics......Page 248 14 The Idea of Moral Progress......Page 271 V: The Dramatic and Narrative Form of Deliberation and Agency......Page 288 15 The Improvisatory Dramas of Deliberation......Page 290 16 Narrative and Moral Life......Page 303 VI: Emotions, Reason, and Unreason......Page 322 17 Self-Constitution in the Ethics of Plato and Kant......Page 324 18 Emotional Rationality as Practical Rationality......Page 348 19 Killing in the Heat of Passion......Page 368 B......Page 394 E......Page 395 H......Page 396 O......Page 397 R......Page 398 Y......Page 399 Contents 10 Contributors 12 Introduction 18 I: An Ethics for Ordinary Life and Vulnerable Persons 36 1 Virtue and the Skills of Ordinary Life 38 2 The Household as Repair Shop 58 3 Taking Care: Care as Practice and Value 74 4 The Future of Feminist Liberalism 87 II: What We Ought to Do for Each Other 104 5 The Scope of Moral Requirement 106 6 The Moral of Moral Luck 128 7 Common Decency 143 III: The Normative Importance of a Shared Social World 158 8 Resentment and Assurance 160 9 Genocide and Social Death 176 10 Demoralization, Trust, and the Virtues 191 IV: Achieving Adequate Moral Understandings 204 11 Kant on Arrogance and Self-Respect 206 12 Diversity, Trust, and Moral Understanding 232 13 Globalizing Feminist Ethics 248 14 The Idea of Moral Progress 271 V: The Dramatic and Narrative Form of Deliberation and Agency 288 15 The Improvisatory Dramas of Deliberation 290 16 Narrative and Moral Life 303 VI: Emotions, Reason, and Unreason 322 17 Self-Constitution in the Ethics of Plato and Kant 324 18 Emotional Rationality as Practical Rationality 348 19 Killing in the Heat of Passion 368 Index 394 A 394 B 394 C 395 D 395 E 395 F 396 G 396 H 396 I 397 J 397 K 397 L 397 M 397 N 397 O 397 P 398 R 398 S 399 T 399 U 399 V 399 W 399 Y 399 This book brings together 19 women moral philosophers who have contributed to re-setting the compass of moral philosophy over the past two decades. This collection makes visible women moral philosophers' varied conceptions of the proper subjects, audiences, and purposes of moral philosophy. Surely one reason that Plato's Republic endures as a central text in undergraduate philosophy classes is that it asks and answers questions that remain critical for us today. Edited By Cheshire Calhoun. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.