John Christman has argued that constitutively relational accounts of autonomy, as defended
by some feminist theorists, are problematically perfectionist about the human good. I argue …

While care ethics has frequently been criticized for lacking an account of autonomy, this
paper argues that care ethics' relational model of moral agency provides the basis for …

Recent feminist philosophy has engaged in a love-hate relationship with autonomy. In the
1970s, feminists praised the ideal of autonomy and extolled its liberatory potential for …

Autonomy is usually understood by feminist writers in the same way that it is understood
within moral psychology generally, namely, as self-government or self-direction: being …

This collection of new essays examines philosophical issues at the intersection of feminism
and autonomy studies. Are autonomy and independence useful goals for women and …

Feminist philosophy has opened up new areas of investigation across a wide range of sub-
fields in mainstream Anglophone philosophy, Continental philosophy and applied ethics …

Although vulnerability often diminishes a person's autonomy, this is not true in all senses.
The realization of autonomy, understood as an ideal of personal agency, is entwined with …

Issues about women's autonomy have been central to feminist thinking and action. Women
have so often been in situations of powerlessness and dependence that any system of belief …

Ethics, or moral philosophy, as a field of intellectual inquiry developed in the west for well
over two thousand years with minimal input from women. Women's voices have been …

This essay suggests that common themes in recent feminist ethical thought can dislodge the
guiding assumptions of traditional theories of free agency and thereby foster an account of …