Equal citizenship and public reason : a feminist political liberalism

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Label

Equal citizenship and public reason : a feminist political liberalism

Title remainder

a feminist political liberalism

Statement of responsibility

Lori Watson and Christie Hartley

Creator

• Watson, Lori, 1972-

Contributor

• Hartley, Christie, 1976-

Author

• Hartley, Christie, 1976-
• Watson, Lori, 1972-

Subject

• Feminist theory
• Feminism -- Political aspects
• Feminism -- Political aspects
• Liberalism
• Equality
• Feminist theory
• Reason -- Political aspects
• Reason -- Political aspects
• Liberalism -- Social aspects
• Equality
• Liberalism

Language

eng

Summary

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

Member of

• Studies in feminist philosophy

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Studies in feminist philosophy