Vulnerability: Reflections on a New Ethical Foundation for Law and Politics

by Martha A. Fineman

This book draws together major British and American scholars who present different perspectives on the concept of vulnerability and Fineman's OCyvulnerability thesisOCO. The collection demonstrates the broad and intellectually exciting potential of vulnerability as a theoretical foundation for legal and political engagements with a range of urgent contemporary challenges. Exploring ways in which vulnerability might provide a new ethical foundation for law and politics, it is of interest to the general reader, as well as academics and students in fields such as jurisprudence, philosophy, legal theory, political theory, feminist theory, and ethics."

236 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2013