This book is a defense of political liberalism as a feminist
liberalism. The first half of the book develops and defends a novel
interpretation of political liberalism. It is argued that political
liberals should accept a restrictive account of public reason and that
political liberals' account of public justification is superior to the
leading alternative, the convergence account of public justification.
The view is defended from the charge that such a restrictive account
of public reason will unduly threaten or undermine the integrity of
some religiously oriented citizens and an account of when political
liberals can recognize exemptions, including religious exemptions,
from generally applicable laws is offered. In the second half of the
book, it is argued that political liberalism's core commitments
restrict all reasonable conceptions of justice to those that secure
genuine, substantive equality for women and other marginalized groups.
Here it is demonstrated how public reason arguments can be used to
support law and policy needed to address historical sites of women's
subordination in order to advance equality; prostitution, the gendered
division of labor and marriage, in particular, are considered.
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A Feminist Political Liberalism
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780190683054
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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