Relational Autonomy: Feminist Perspectives on Autonomy, Agency, and the Social Self

by Catriona Mackenzie (Editor), Natalie Stoljar (Editor)

Overview

This collection of original essays explores the social and relational dimensions of individual autonomy. Rejecting the feminist charge that autonomy is inherently masculinist, the contributors draw on feminist critiques of autonomy to challenge and enrich contemporary philosophical debates about agency, identity, and moral responsibility. The essays analyze the complex ways in which oppression can impair an agent's capacity for autonomy, and investigate connections, neglected by standard accounts, between autonomy and other aspects of the agent, including self-conception, self-worth, memory, and the imagination.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195123333
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/27/2000
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	9.36(w) x 6.38(h) x 1.03(d)

About the Author

Macquarie University

Australian National University

Table of Contents

Introduction: Autonomy refigured, Catriona Mackenzie and Natalie StoljarPart 1: Autonomy and the Social1.. Autonomy, social disruption and women, Marilyn Friedman2.. Autonomy and the social self, Linda Barclay3.. Feeling crazy: self worth and the social character of responsibility, Paul Benson4.. Autonomy and the feminist intuition, Natalie Stoljar5.. Individuals, responsibility and the philosophical imagination, Genevieve Lloyd6.. Imagining oneself otherwise, Catriona Mackenzie7.. Intersectional identity and the authentic self?: Opposites attract, Diana Tietjens Meyers8.. The perversion of autonomy and the subjection of women: discourses of social advocacy at century's end, Lorraine CodePart II: Relational Autonomy in Context9.. Choice and control in feminist bioethics, Susan Dodds10.. Autonomy and interdependence: quandaries in genetic decision-making, Anne Donchin11.. Relational autonomy, self-trust, and health care for patients who are oppressed, Carlyn McLeod and Susan Sherwin12.. Relational autonomy and freedom of expression, Susan J. Brison