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Feminist Virtue Ethics, Happiness, and Moral Luck
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 March 2020
Abstract
Can men who dominate women nevertheless be happy or lead flourishing lives? Building on Claudia Card's exploration of moral luck, this paper considers the belief that male dominators cannot be happy. The discussion ranges over both virtue theory and empirical research into the “belief in a just world.” I conclude that there are reasons to avoid believing that male dominators cannot be happy or flourish, and that feminism does not need that belief.
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- Oppression and Moral Agency: Essays in Honor of Claudia Card
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- Hypatia , Volume 24 , Issue 1: Special Issue: Oppression and Moral Agency: Essays in Honor of Claudia Card , Winter 2009 , pp. 29 - 40
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- Copyright © 2009 by Marilyn Friedman
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