FEMINIST ETHICS

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Study of feminist theory in ethics and analysis of feminist rethinking of traditional ethics. Discussion of values and ways of thinking that are considered "feminine" and "masculine" in traditional ethics. Philosophical analysis of the capacity of gestation and birth, and its relationship with autonomy, dignity, and human flourishing; of definitions of sex and gender; of the moral experience of women in the "public sphere" and in the "private sphere", of the formation and development of moral character under oppressive systems; of practices and institutions that perpetuate oppression; and of proposals for resistance and change.