Virginia Held (1929–2026)

The title more or less sums up both what the book is about and its import. You got most of the heavy hitters on the feminist ethics scene, and those who aren't contributing articles to this volume are still likely referred to. Nel Noddings, Carol Gilligan, Annette Baier, Marilyn Friedman, Claudia Card, Joan Tronto, Patricia Hill Collins, Virginia Held, Margaret Urban Walker, Allison Jaggar and Sara Ruddick.

This is both a great primer to introduce you to the scope of feminist ethics, as well show more as an essential compendium of some of the most important feminist writings from the 1980s-mid 1990s show less

Amazing how provocative ethicists were in 1974, when Americans and the world were still debating the conflicts in Southeast Asia. Yet, despite polemics, serious analytical work in ethics was being done at the same time.