Femenist ethics

Question 1

what are the 6 stages the Kohlberg claimed is part of moral development

Answer 1

1. punishment and obedience orientation
2. “instrument relativist orientation” : scratch my back and i’ll scratch yours
3. good boy nice girl orientation; get approval and love
4. law and order orientation: develop a sense of duty.
5. social contract legalistic orientation. do what you wan as long as you dont hurt other people.
6. the universal ethic principle orientation.

Question 2

GIllians Levels

Answer 2

1: women overemphasize the interest of their selves.
2: women overemphasize others’ interest
3: women weave their own interests together with those of others.

Question 3

what is care

Answer 3

• attentiveness: Being aware of needs in others
• competence: The ability to deliver what is needed
• responsiveness: Empathy for the position of others in need of care

Question 4

Liberal Feminists

Answer 4

Liberal feminists maintain that the primary cause of
women’s subordination to men is a set of social
norms and formal laws that make it hard for women
to succeed in the public world

Question 5

Radical feminists

Answer 5

Radical feminists think the liberal feminist agenda is
wrongly focus on weak “affirmative-action” remedies
like Equal-Pay-for-Equal-Work

Question 6

Marxist/Socialist feminists

Answer 6

Marxist/Socialist feminists claim it is difficult, perhaps
even impossible, for oppressed persons, (especially
women) to do well in a class system.

Question 7

Multicultural feminists

Answer 7

Multicultural feminists affirm much of what other schools
of feminist thought say about women’s status, but add that
many women are the victims of “multiple jeopardy” and
“interlocking systems of oppression” based on gender, race,
ethnicity, age, etc.

Question 8

Ecofeminists

Answer 8

Ecofeminists agree with global and postcolonial
feminists that it is important for women to
understand how women’s interests diverge as well as
converge.