Sexual Justice and the Sceptical Feminist
作者:
BEVERLEY SHAW,
期刊:
Journal of Applied Philosophy
(WILEY Available online 1984)
卷期:
Volume 1,
issue 1
页码: 115-122
ISSN:0264-3758
年代: 1984
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-5930.1984.tb00191.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
ABSTRACTThe article considers various arguments put forward, on the subject of ‘sexual justice’, by Janet Radcliffe Richards in her book,The Sceptical Feminist: a Philosophical Enquiry.These arguments rest upon a version of ‘the difference principle’, and owe much to the exposition of this principle by John Rawls. It is argued that Radcliffe Richards fails to support her argument for sexual justice by reference to the difference principle. Indeed, it is argued that reliance by Radcliffe Richards upon this principle vitiates her advocacy of sexual justice. The article concludes by putting forward an obvious alternative to the difference principle; and with a suggestion as to why Radcliffe Richards fails to acknowledge the strength of this alte
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