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The Problem with Contemporary Moral Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Keith Burgess-Jackson
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Abstract

Feminists, especially radical feminists, have reason to be dissatisfied with contemporary moral theory, but they are understandably reluctant to abandon the theoretical project until it is seen as unsalvageable. The problem is not, however, as Margaret Urban Walker claims, that theory is abstract, that it seeks to guide conduct, or that it postulates moral knowledge. The problem is that contemporary moral theory is foundational.

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Hypatia , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , Summer 1993 , pp. 160 - 166
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Copyright © 1993 by Hypatia, Inc.

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