CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2023
| Author | Szabo, Julia |
|---|---|
| Title | The Principle of Legitimacy and the Gendered Division of Labour: What to Make of the Tension Between Political Liberalism and Feminism |
| Summary | Political liberalism and its accompanying principle of legitimacy enjoy wide support among contemporary political philosophers, however, some worry that some of what feminists working with their own assumptions have established as injustices may not be recognisable as such from within the framework of political liberalism. One of the most illustrative examples of these hurdles that has drawn the attention is the question of the gendered division of labour. How can the gendered division of labour be recognised as unjust and tackled operating with the assumptions of political liberalism? For reasons that I lay out, and as the example of the gendered division of labour will illustrate, the tension between political liberalism and feminism appears to be real and dispelling it, if at all possible, requires serious philosophical argument. The aim of this paper is to capture where exactly the tension between political liberalism and feminism lies, how it may be dispelled and to judge whether such arguments have already been successfully made as well as to offer an assessment of what the prospects are that such an argument can be forthcoming. |
| Supervisor | Miklosi, Zoltan |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2023/szabo_julia.pdf |
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