Personal Autonomy and Social Oppression: Philosophical Perspectives by Marina A.

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The volume addresses the impact of social conditions, especially subordinating conditions, on personal autonomy. Contributors are concerned with the philosophical concept of autonomy or self-governance and with the impact on relational autonomy of the oppressive circumstances persons must navigate.

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Personal Autonomy and Social Oppression addresses the impact of social conditions, especially subordinating conditions, on personal autonomy. The essays in this volume are concerned with the philosophical concept of autonomy or self-governance and with the impact on relational autonomy of the oppressive circumstances persons must navigate. They address on the one hand questions of the theoretical structure of personal autonomy given various kinds of social oppression, and on the other, how contexts of social oppression make autonomy difficult or impossible.

Author Biography

Marina A.L. Oshana is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Davis, US.

Table of Contents

Part I: Theoretical Problems: How Should We Conceptualize Relational Autonomy? 1. Is Social-Relational Autonomy a Plausible Ideal? Marina A.L. Oshana 2. Gender Oppression and Weak Substantive Theories of Autonomy Jennifer Warriner 3. Responding to the Agency Dilemma: Autonomy, Adaptive Preferences, and Internalized Oppression Catriona Mackenzie 4. Autonomy, Self-Knowledge, and Oppression Beate Roessler 5. Autonomy and the Autobiographical Perspective Andrea C. Westlund Part II: Practical Problems: The Internalization of Oppression and Questions of Autonomy 6. Living Constantly at Tiptoe Stance: Social Scripts, Psychological Freedom, and Autonomy Natalie Stoljar 7. Stereotype Threat, Social Belonging, and Relational Autonomy Paul H. Benson 8. Adaptations to Oppression: Preference, Autonomy, and Resistance Ann E. Cudd 9. Autonomy Under Oppression: Tensions, Trade-Offs, and Resistance Suzy Killmister 10. Honky Tonk Women: Prostitution and the Right to Bodily Autonomy Anita M. Superson 11. Jewish Self-Hatred, Moral Criticism, and Autonomy Marilyn Friedman

Long Description

Personal Autonomy and Social Oppression addresses the impact of social conditions, especially subordinating conditions, on personal autonomy. The essays in this volume are concerned with the philosophical concept of autonomy or self-governance and with the impact on relational autonomy of the oppressive circumstances persons must navigate. They address on the one hand questions of the theoretical structure of personal autonomy given various kinds of social oppression, and on the other, how contexts of social oppression make autonomy difficult or impossible.

Details ISBN1138731528 Year 2017 ISBN-10 1138731528 ISBN-13 9781138731523 Format Paperback Publication Date 2017-02-06 Series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy Imprint Routledge Subtitle Philosophical Perspectives Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 123.5 Illustrations Illustrations, black and white Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Pages 230 Edited by Marina A.L. Oshana Affiliation University of California, Davis, USA Short Title Personal Autonomy and Social Oppression Language English UK Release Date 2017-02-06 AU Release Date 2017-02-06 NZ Release Date 2017-02-06 Author Marina A.L. Oshana Alternative 9780415840132 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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