What are Friends For?

Feminist Perspectives on Personal Relationships and Moral Theory

• Author(s): Marilyn Friedman,
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Pages: 276
• ISBN_10: 0801427215
  ISBN_13: 9780801427213
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Family & Relationships / Friendship , Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy , Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory , Social Science / Women's Studies ,

Description:... A contribution to the feminist discussion on moral theory, exploring the debate between moral impartiality and the partiality that characterizes personal relationships, the ethic of care and its relation to justice in a gender asymmetrical society, and the role of intimate friendship in an era of the dissolution of both extended and nuclear families.