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| Feminism: Feminism is a range of social movements, political movements, and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that societies prioritize the male point of view, and that women are treated unfairly within those societies. See also Equal rights, Emancipation._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Brian Barry on Feminism - Dictionary of Arguments
Gaus I 418 Feminism/Barry/Weinstein: Justice as impartiality (...) preserves the liberal public versus private goods distinction that feminists have claimed reinforces patriarchy. >Utilitarianism/Barry. Barry nevertheless concedes that domestic violence and marital rape are public concerns. Privacy: The personal is indeed largely political. MendusVsBarry: But as Susan Mendus perceptively worries, 'what is to block the move to the kind of society which Barry fears - one in which very little is left to private judgement and almost everything to public scrutiny and censure?' (1998(1): 183). Feminism: In short, Barry's feminism risks collapsing the private into the public, imperilling his liberalism. BarryVsVs: Barry responds, accusing Mendus of 'alarmism' and denying that prohibiting domestic violence and marital rape would 'open the floodgates' to tyrannizing (utilitarian) impartiality. He insists that rightful public intervention in some cases won't lead 'inexorably to public intervention in other cases where that is wrong' (Barry, 1998(2): 256).* Surely this begs the question. >Impartiality/Barry. * Also see Phillips (1999a)(3) for a liberal feminist account of the dangers of radically overpoliticizing the personal. 1. Mendus, Susan (1998) 'Some mistakes about impartiality'. In P. Kelly, ed., Impartiality, Neutrality and Justice. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 176-85. 2. Barry, Brian (1998) 'Something in the disputation not unpleasant'. In P. Kelly, ed., Impartiality, Neutrality and Justice. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 186-257. 3. Phillips, Anne (1999a) 'The politicisation of difference'. In John Horton and Susan Mendus, eds, Toleration, Identity and Diffeænce. London: Macmillan, 126-45. Weinstein, David 2004. „English Political Theory in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
EconBarry I Brian Barry Sociologists,economists, and democracy Chicago 1970 Gaus I Gerald F. Gaus Chandran Kukathas Handbook of Political Theory London 2004 |
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