The Deferential Wife Revisited: Agency and Moral Responsibility

Anita M. Superson

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Philosophical Ethics and Theory Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies Feminism, Gender, and Intersectionality

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This paper rejects two main arguments for absolving the deferential wife and victims of deprived circumstances from responsibility or blame for their servility: for Susan Wolf, circumstances can determine their reasons and acts, and for Sarah Buss, circumstances can give them excusing reasons for their acts. The paper argues that circumstances can give them justifying reasons to act in ways defending their intrinsic worth when their acts can be legitimately interpreted as a protest against an attempt to degrade their intrinsic value.

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