Seeking Gender Justice in the Home
| dc.contributor.advisor | Koggel, Christine M., 1955- | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Yurdin, Joel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Morais, Cristina C. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-12T17:43:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-09-12T17:43:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Challenging gender injustice is not an easy task especially when it comes to the injustices that are present in the family. Part of the difficulty is that moral and political theory has tended to take what happens in the home as irrelevant to justice. In referencing various feminist philosophers I will critically assess the nature of the injustices that take place in the family and focus on these injustices as they are present in Western liberal societies. In the process of determining how women can be elevated from their positions of inequality in the family, I will critically examine the benefits of using an ethic of care or an ethic of justice to address these issues of inequality. To begin my analysis I make use of John Rawls’ theory of justice and examine how, if at all, his theory can be applied to the family structure. My thesis proceeds by examining Susan Okin’s critique of Rawls and her account of how justice should be incorporated into the family. I then outline various accounts introduced by feminist philosophers such as Sarah Ruddick and Joan Tronto who favor using either an ethic of justice or an ethic of care for challenging gender injustice in the home. My thesis offers a critique of these theories and it concludes by arguing that an ethic of care is best suited for addressing issues of gender injustice in the home. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Haverford College. Department of Philosophy | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10066/7426 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.rights.access | Open Access | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/ | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Wives -- Effect of husband's employment on -- United States | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Sex role -- United States | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Sexual division of labor -- United States | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Homemakers -- United States | |
| dc.title | Seeking Gender Justice in the Home | |
| dc.type | Thesis |