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Says Who? A Feminist Challenge Of Moral And Epistemic Authority In Advocacy, Coral Ciupak
Says Who? A Feminist Challenge Of Moral And Epistemic Authority In Advocacy, Coral Ciupak
Senior Independent Study Theses
This Independent Study thesis is divided into three chapters. The first chapter, “The Challenge of Feminist Ethics,” describes the project of feminist ethics to respond to patterns of inclusion and exclusion within the dominant tradition of moral thought and practice. I then highlight several features of consideration in feminist ethics that are useful in its response and subsequent development of alternative representations of moral life. My second chapter, “The Moral and Epistemic Commitment of Advocacy,” discusses the field of advocacy as morally and epistemically engaged through practices of speaking for others. I give reasons to believe that the commitment underpinning …