Buch(elektronisch)2000

Mother Time: Women, Aging, and Ethics

Walker, Margaret Urban; Bartky, Sandra Lee; Callahan, Daniel; Callahan, Joan C.; DesAutels, Peggy; Fiore, Robin; Furman, Frida Kerner; Holstein, Martha; Meyers, Diana Tietjens; Nelson, Hilde Lindemann; Nelson, James Lindemann; Ruddick, Sara; Silvers, Anita; Tronto, Joan; Walker, Margaret Urban; Wendell, Susan

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Abstract

Fifteen original essays open up a novel area of inquiry: the distinctively ethical dimensions of women's experiences of and in aging. Contributors distinguished in the fields of feminist ethics and the ethics of aging explore assumptions, experiences, practices, and public policies that affect women's well-being and dignity in later life. The book brings to the study of women's aging a reflective dimension missing from the empirical work that has predominated to date. Ethical studies of aging have so far failed to emphasize gender. And feminist ethics has neglected older women, even when empha