Caring for Liberalism brings together chapters that explore how liberal political theory, in its many guises, might be modified or transformed to take the fact of dependency on board. In addressing the place of care in liberalism, this collection advances the idea that care ethics can help respond to legitimate criticisms from feminists who argue that liberalism ignores issues of race, class, and ethnicity. The chapters do not simply add care to existing liberal political frameworks; rather, they explore how integrating dependency might leave core components of the traditional liberal philosophical apparatus intact, while transforming other aspects of it. Additionally, the contributors address the design of social and political institutions through which care is given and received, with special attention paid to non-Western care practices. This book will appeal to scholars working on liberalism in philosophy, political science, law, and public policy, and it is a must-read for feminist political philosophers.
Author(s): Asha Bhandary and Amy R. Baehr
Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2020
Cover
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction to Caring for Liberalism
Part I Historical Sources
1 On Domination and Dependency: Learning From Rousseau’s Critique of Inequality
2 Kantian Care
3 Mill’s Liberalism, The Subjection of Women, and the Feminist Care Ethic
Part II Individualism and Autonomy
4 Care Ethics and Liberal Freedom
5 Individualism, Embeddedness, and Global Women’s Empowerment
Part III Working With Rawls
6 Interpersonal Reciprocity: An Antiracist Feminist Virtue for Liberal Care Arrangements
7 Moral Desert, Rawls’s Justice as Fairness, and the Gendered Division of Labor
8 Political Constructivism and Justice in Caregiving
Part IV Policy and the Design of Institutions
9 Care as Work: The Exploitation of Caring Attitudes and Emotional Labor
10 The Free-Market Family: Liberalism, Families, and Government’s Responsibility to Regulate the Market
11 Justice and Legitimacy in Caregiver Support: Managing Tradeoffs Between Gender Egalitarian and Economic Egalitarian Social Aims
List of Contributors
Index
