Abstract

Recent foundational work in feminist ethical theory reflects a wide range of methodological and substantive perspectives. A framework of nine aspects of ethical reflection enables us to situate the varied and at times conflicting contributions of feminist ethicists in relation to each other and the field of social ethics. One aspect, the analysis of the roots of oppression, figures prominently as a basis for divergence among feminist ethical theories. By implication, attention to this oft-unacknowledged aspect of ethical theory would serve the discipline of social ethics in general.