Women, Political Philosophy and Politics by Liz Sperling

By Liz Sperling

Liz Sperling analyzes key innovations in political philosophy to demonstrate how universal principles became nearly intractable "truths" that proceed to distinguish among the sexes in politics. Sperling seems to be intimately on the works of Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Mill, Marx, Rawls, and Nozick; the overall issues to which they've got contributed; and particular affects at the organization of ladies and politics. the belief attracts those analyses jointly to teach how those theories have affected girls on a pragmatic point -- either within the political enviornment and in everday existence.

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For women with greater resources, their potential for maximising their interests is better. However, no woman will have the `right' to pursue her self-interest if it requires compulsory contributions from others: subsidised childcare or care for other dependants, and equal opportunity policies in the workplace to compensate for her sacrifice to the family unit, is coercive and cannot be legitimised. 36 WOMEN, POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS As with Hobbes' and Rousseau's states of nature, Nozick does not break away from the traditional family construct in attempting to demonstrate individual liberty, its pursuit and maintenance.

5 31 As in biblical stories, women's power is corrupt and also corrupts. Therefore, not only is it fair play that men be allowed public power and rights as citizens when civil society ensues, but it is necessary to ensure men of their rightful place and to provide honest government. If, as the state of nature theories of Hobbes and Rousseau attest, the greater subjection of women cannot be justified then it is possible that even a mainstream philosophy based on recuperating the benefits of that condition could recreate the levels of freedom and liberty for all people.

It is used here simply to make a point concerning the relatively slow progress towards full equality. 3. Phillips (1999) presents a clear and accessible argument that political equality is unlikely to be achieved without economic equality. 4. Full participation is qualified here, as not everyone, female or male, is eager for more than minimal political activity. On the other hand, the potential to influence decision-makers, by even infrequent participation on issues of personal interest, is possible in liberal democracies and must be available equally to all.

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