Global Feminist Ethics » (New Edition)

This volume is fourth in the series of annuals created under the auspices of The Association for Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST). The topics covered herein-from peacekeeping and terrorism, to sex trafficking and women's paid labor, to poverty and religious fundamentalism-are vital to women and to feminist movements throughout the world.

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction Peggy DesAutels 9

Part 1 Women's Activities, Responsibilities, and Identities

1 Exporting Childbirth James L. Nelson 3

2 Housekeepers and Nannies in the Homework Economy: On the Morality and Politics of Paid Housework Sabrina Hom 23

3 Gender Identity and the Ethics of Care in Globalized Society Virginia Held 43

Part 2 Addressing Hunger and Poverty

4 Caring Globally: Jane Addams, World War One, and International Hunger Marilyn Fischer 61

5 Food Fights: A Feminist Perspective Victoria Davion 81

6 What Is Poverty? Peter Higgins Audra King April Shaw 95

Part 3 Persons and States

7 Nussbaum versus Rawls: Should Feminist Human Rights Advocates Reject the Law of Peoples and Endorse the Capabilities Approach? Alyssa R. Bernstein 117

8 When Being Human Isn't Enough: Reflections on Women's Human Rights Serena Parekh 139

9 "A Woman's Body Is Like a Foreign Country": Thinking about National and Bodily Sovereignty Rebecca Whisnant 155

Part 4 Political and Religious Conflict

10 Is Peacekeeping Care Work? A Feminist Reflection on "The Responsibility to Protect" Joan Tronto 179

11 From Hegelian Terror to Everyday Courage Bat-Ami Bar On 201

12 Praying for a Godly Fumigation: Disgust and the New Christian Right Lynne S. Arnault 217

Bibliography 243

Index 265

About the Editors and Contributors 283