Moral Constraints on Gender Concepts
Are words like woman' or man' sex terms that we use to talk about biological features of individuals? Are they gender terms that we use to talk about non-biological features e.g. social roles? Contextualists answer both questions affirmatively, arguing that these terms concern biological...
| Pubblicato in: | Ethical theory and moral practice |
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
[2020]
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Ethical theory and moral practice
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| Altre parole chiave: | B
Philosophy of gender
B Moral Philosophy B Polysemy B philosophy of language B Contextualism |
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| Riepilogo: | Are words like woman' or man' sex terms that we use to talk about biological features of individuals? Are they gender terms that we use to talk about non-biological features e.g. social roles? Contextualists answer both questions affirmatively, arguing that these terms concern biological or non-biological features depending on context. I argue that a recent version of contextualism, floated by Jennifer Saul and defended by Esa Diaz-Leon, doesn't exhibit the right kind of flexibility to capture our theoretical intuitions or moral and political practices concerning our uses of these words. I then propose the view that terms like woman' or man' are polysemous, arguing that it makes better sense of the significance of some forms of criticisms of mainstream gender ideology. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8447 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Ethical theory and moral practice
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10677-020-10060-9 |