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Freedom and Equality: Essays on Liberalism and Feminism

Autor Clare Chambers
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 sep 2026
Should the state recognise gender? Can a liberal state discourage traditional family structures? Is women's sport compatible with equality of opportunity? Should feminists defend women's freedom to choose cosmetic surgery? Is genital cutting always wrong, or is it only wrong for girls?Freedom and Equality investigates the contours of feminist liberalism: a philosophical approach that is appealing but elusive. Its hallmark is a liberalism that prioritises equality and individual autonomy, while offering a rigorous critique of using individuals' choices as the measure of justice. Liberalism without feminism prioritises individual choice, a strategy that has played a crucial role in the liberal defence of freedom against authoritarianism and conformity. However, as feminism shows, relying on individual choice is insufficient to render an outcome just, because people often choose things that harm or disadvantage themselves. From beauty norms to the gendered division of labour, from marriage to religion, women and men choose to arrange their lives in ways that perpetuate inequality. Often, these choices are made in response to social norms, including unjust, unequal, or harmful norms. It follows that relying on individual choice as a measure of justice actually leaves unjust social structures intact. Any defender of autonomy and equality must be prepared to criticise individuals' choices while prioritising individual choosers.The essays in this collection cover a wide range of issues fundamental to liberalism, to feminism, and to their intersection. They explore the foundational philosophical concepts of choice, equality of opportunity, ideology, and the state, and they engage directly with key political controversies, including women's sport, the state recognition of gender, the regulation of cosmetic and cultural surgeries, and state action to secure equality in the family. Clare Chambers argues that feminist liberalism is both possible and necessary. It is possible because the two doctrines of feminism and liberalism are compatible, their fundamental values of freedom and equality aligned. But feminism is necessary because liberalism has shown that it is simply not up to the task of securing gender equality and women's liberation alone.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780197926659
ISBN-10: 0197926657
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 170 x 244 mm
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

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Chambers brings a level of rigour and nuance that is all-too rare, especially in these polarising times. Her analysis of equality of opportunity in women's sports, for instance, is the best I've yet seen-it is hard to see how her argument could be improved upon or successfully rebutted. This whole collection of essays is destined to become a classic.
Chambers brings together pivotal essays that show liberalism without feminism prioritizes individual choice and fails to secure freedom and equality for women. Chambers rigorously examines the implications of central liberal concepts such as choice and equality of opportunity in the context of gendered norms, practices, and institutions. Scholars and students alike will benefit from the clear prose and careful argumentation. Freedom and Equality is smart, provocative, and must read for anyone interested in liberalism, feminism, and their intersection.
A sharp and imaginative collection of essays... Chambers pushes liberalism to more radical conclusions than feminist critics might think possible, and never loses sight of the need for policies and practices through which the values of freedom and equality can be realized. Chambers' principled refusal to politically desert women who fail to live up to feminist ideals in non-ideal circumstances, and her commitment to condemning misogyny regardless of the form or political climate in which it appears, is laudable.
In particular, I can recommend the essay 'Should the liberal state recognise gender?', in which Clare Chambers makes powerful philosophical arguments for not legally recognising an individual's gender (or gender identity), as opposed to their sex at birth. She persuasively compares this non-recognition with the liberal state's decision not to recognise, define or record an individual's religion.

Notă biografică

Clare Chambers is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. She is the author of Intact: A Defence of the Unmodified Body (Allen Lane / Penguin, 2022), the prize-winning Against Marriage: An Egalitarian Defence of the Marriage-Free State (OUP, 2017), Sex, Culture, and Justice: The Limits of Choice (Penn State University Press, 2008), and Teach Yourself Political Philosophy: A Complete Introduction (with Phil Parvin, Hodder, 2012). She is also the co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Sex and Sexuality, and the author of numerous articles and chapters on feminist and liberal political philosophy.