Autonomy, Oppression, and Gender

Andrea Veltman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at James Madison University. She works in ethical and political philosophy with a current research focus on labor and work. In addition to publishing articles in feminist ethics and in the history of philosophy, she has edited Social and Political Philosophy (Oxford) and co-edited "Oppression and Moral Agency" (Special Issue of Hypatia) and Evil, Political Violence and Forgiveness (Rowman & Littlefield).Mark Piper is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at James Madison University. His principal research interests are in normative ethical theory, with a special concentration on the topics of autonomy and well-being. He also has interests in applied ethics and metaethics. He has published articles in numerous anthologies and American and European journals, and is the author of "Autonomy: Normative" in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

• 1. Introduction ; Andrea Veltman and Mark Piper ; I. Autonomy and Independence ; 2. Three Dimensions of Autonomy: A Relational Analysis ; Catriona Mackenzie ; 3. Relational Autonomy and Independence ; Marilyn Friedman ; 4. Autonomy? Or Freedom? A Return to Psychoanalytic Theory ; Nancy Hirschmann ; II. Autonomy and Normative Commitments ; 5. Feminist Commitments and Relational Autonomy ; Paul Benson ; 6. The Feminist Debate over Values in Autonomy Theory ; Diana Tietjens Meyers ; 7. A Commitment to Autonomy Is a Commitment to Feminism ; Marina Oshana ; III. Autonomy, Reasons, and Care ; 8. Emotions, Reasons and Autonomy ; Christine Tappolet ; 9. Autonomy and Self-Care ; Andrea Westlund ; IV. Autonomy, Oppression and Adaptive Preferences ; 10. Coping or Oppression: Autonomy and Adaptation to Circumstance ; John Christman ; 11. Autonomy and Adaptive Preference Formation ; Natalie Stoljar ; V. Autonomy in Social Contexts ; 12. Raising Daughters: Autonomy, Feminism and Gender Socialization ; Mark Piper ; 13. Autonomy and Oppression at Work ; Andrea Veltman ; 14. The Right to Bodily Autonomy and the Abortion Controversy ; Anita Superson ; 15. Autonomy and Ableism ; Anita Ho

This new volume in the Studies in Feminist Philosophy series tackles issues at the intersection of social, political, economic, and feminist theory and philosophy ... It continues the debate about how to define these terms within the conditions faced by individuals, particularly women. Recommended.