Toward a Humanist Justice

HYPATIA Debra Satz and Rob Reich have edited an excellent and wide-ranging collection of essays that explores important themes in Okin's feminist and political philosophy, such as rethinking political theory; gender and the family; feminism and cultural diversity; and development and gender.

Debra Satz is Marta Sutton Weeks professor of philosophy and, by courtesy, of political science at Stanford University. She is also director of the interdisciplinary program in Ethics in Society. She teaches courses in ethics, social and political philosophy, and philosophy of the social sciences. Within these fields, her research has focused on the ethical limits of markets, theories of rational choice, democratic theory, feminist philosophy, and issues of international justice. Her articles have appeared in Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, the Journal of Philosophy, and the World BankEconomic Review. Her book, The Moral Limits of the Market will be published by Oxford in 2009. Rob Reich is associate professor of political science and, by courtesy, of education, at Stanford University. He is also Director of the Ethics in Society Program. He is the author of Bridging Liberalism and Multiculturalism in American Education (2002) and co-author of Democracy at Risk: HowPolitical Choices Undermine Citizen Participation and What We Can Do About It (2005). He is currently writing a book on the political theory of philanthropy.

Introduction: Toward a Humanist Justice; PART 1: RETHINKING POLITICAL THEORY; 1. Okin's Liberal Feminism as a Radical Political Theory; 2. Justice and Gender: Reflections on Susan Moller Okin; 3. Okin's Contributions to the Study Of Gender in Political Theory; 4. Can Feminism be Liberated from Governmentalism?; PART II: GENDER AND THE FAMILY; 5. Equality of Opportunity and the Family; 6. "No More Relevance than One's Eye Color": Justice and Okin's Genderless Society; 7. On the Tension Between Sex Equality and Religious Freedom; PART III: FEMINISM AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY; 8. From Liberal to Post-Colonial to Multicultural Feminism: Competing Approaches to the study of Gender, Citizenship and Fate of Religious Arbitration; 9. Okin and the Challenge of Essentialism; 10. The Dilemma of a Dutiful Daughter: Love and Freedom in the Thought of Kartini; PART IV: DEVELOPMENT AND GENDER; 11. Reinventing Globalization to Reduce Gender Inequality; 12. The Gendered Cycle of Vulnerability in the Less Developed World; Notes on Contributors; Bibliography