The chapter begins by describing the various understandings of vulnerability in ethical and
legal discourse. The discussion then proceeds to outline the central place of vulnerability in …

The chapter argues that vulnerability should be recognized as a part of human nature. The
debate about human nature has recently returned to the forefront of philosophical inquiry …

Universal human rights of all are complemented with particular, targeted protection of some,
especially those that traditionally have been left behind. By juxtaposing the ideas of …

Vulnerability is a concept increasingly explored by a range of scholars. Key among these
scholars is Martha Albertson Fineman, who developed a theory of vulnerability as an …

The chapter begins by showing the facticity of vulnerability in different situations of life. Then,
it asserts, as do authors such as Williams, Nagel, MacIntyre or Nussbaum, that western …

My development of the concept of vulnerability and the idea of a vulnerable subject began
as a stealthily disguised human rights discourse, fashioned for an American audience. The …

In this paper, I intend to explore the apparent difficulty in communication between two
understandings of vulnerability: one that claims that vulnerability is a part of conditio …

In the first section of this introduction, we identify four questions that an ethics of vulnerability
needs to address: What is vulnerability? Why does vulnerability give rise to moral …

Drawing on earlier work on the conceptual structure of dignity, this paper will suggest a
particular type of connectedness between vulnerability and human dignity; namely, that the …

In this chapter I develop the concept of vulnerability in order to argue for a more responsive
state and a more egalitarian society. I argue that vulnerability is universal and constant …