EditorialGendering ethics/the ethics of gender (original) (raw)

Feminist Theory, 2001

Abstract

This special issue of Feminist Theory reflects the growing interest in ethics that has emerged in recent years within feminist scholarship. As faith in the grand narratives and political projects of modernity has faltered, there has been a turn towards situated contingent ethical frameworks. Both the philosophical basis and political contours of these emerging ethical frameworks are the subject of intense debate among feminists. The articles collected in this special issue were originally presented at the Gendering Ethics/The Ethics of Gender conference organized by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies at the University of Leeds in June 2000. The conference was conceived as an occasion on which to bring together feminist scholars from a wide range of disciplines, and from around the world, who were working on issues relating to gender and ethics. More than 130 papers were presented at the conference and scholars from 27 countries participated in three days of lively discussions. The selection of only six papers for this special issue was a difficult task, and we would like to extend our thanks to all who contributed to the conference but whose work is not represented here.1 The papers from the conference are complemented by Margrit Shildrick’s review article, which offers a critical assessment of the state of the art in feminist ethics, focusing on six recently published books.

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