Conflictual Identities. Reflections on the Moral Experience of Transitional Societies
Conflictual Identities. Reflections on the Moral Experience of Transitional Societies

Author(s): Anca Gheauş
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Centar za ženske studije & Centar za studije roda i politike, Fakultet političkih nauka, Beograd
Summary/Abstract: THIS PAPER ADDRESSES THE QUESTION WHETHER, IN SPITE OF WESTERN FEMINISM'S TENDENCY TO INTEGRATE THE ETHICS OF JUSTICE AND THE ETHICS OF CARE INTO THE SAME THEORY, A GENUINE CASE OF CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO CAN STILL EXIST. I GIVE A POSITIVE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, AND I SUBSTANTIATE MY POSITION BY LOOKING AT AN EXAMPLE OF SUCH CONFLICT IN ROMANIA. SINCE IN BETTER-ORDERED SOCIETIES THESE SITUATIONS REPRESENT THE EXCEPTION, RATHER THAN THE RULE, THEIR RELEVANCE FOR MORAL THEORY MAY APPEAR AS LESS AUTHORITATIVE TO THEORISTS DOING FEMINIST ETHICS FROM OTHER GEOPOLITICAL VANTAGE POINTS.

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