Caring for Liberalism: Dependency and Liberal Political Theory - Paperback

by Asha Bhandary (Editor), Amy R. Baehr (Editor)

In addressing the place of care in liberalism, this collection advances the idea that care ethics can help respond to legitimate criticisms from feminists who argue that liberalism ignores issues of race, class, and ethnicity.

Author Biography

Asha Bhandary is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iowa. She is author of the monograph Freedom to Care: Liberalism, Dependency Care, and Culture (Routledge 2020), the first systematic theory of liberalism to address dependency care, as well as numerous journal articles on care and liberalism.

Amy R. Baehr, Professor of Philosophy at Hofstra University, writes on liberalism and feminism. Recent work can be found in Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, The Journal of Applied Philosophy, and Ethics, as well as in John Rawls: Debating the Major Questions (2020) and The Original Position (2016).