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Meaning What We Say: Feminist Ethics and the Critique of Humanism

“This article will consider a split within current feminist theory which appears to require some declaration of loyalties. The split I have in mind is not altogether easy to describe in terms of the standard academic classification of feminist positions that prevailed in the 1970s and early 1980s—the . . .” read more

Feminism and the 'Crisis of Rationality'

“There is a measure of consensus within feminist theory that rationalist values are in crisis—that the very arrival of women on the scene of intellectual activity necessitates a reappraisal of those values. Sometimes the claim is that conventional scientific research procedure reflects an objectifying, control-seeking attitude to its . . .” read more

Feminism and Pragmatism: A Reply to Richard Rorty

“In a recent Tanner Lecture delivered at the University of Michigan, Richard Rorty responds to some comments of mine about the significance of his work for feminism. He reports that he was ‘a bit startled’ to find himself identified in my discussion—along with Jean-François Lyotard and Alasdair MacIntyre—as . . .” read more

A Reply to Elizabeth Wilson

“Sabina Lovibond replies: Perhaps I should have confined myself more strictly to the ‘specific bit of textual exploration’ which I announced at the beginning of my paper. I ventured further afield out of a sense of alarm at the growing tendency for postmodernist views of subjectivity to . . .” read more

Feminism and Postmodernism

“The term ‘postmodernism’ exerts an instant fascination. For it suggests that ‘modernity’ is, paradoxically, already in the past; and consequently that a new form of consciousness is called for, corresponding to new social conditions. But of course it does not tell us what the distinctive character of these . . .” read more