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Justice and the Politics of Difference by Iris M.
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(7 pp) This discussion addresses the nature of
social politics and diversity through the work of
two feminist scholars: Susan Muller Okin:
Justice Gender and the Family (1989), and Iris
Marion Young: Justice and the Politics of
Difference (1990).
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Difference (1990). BBfemath.doc Note to the student: you may want to put the title of your class here Justice, Gender & the Family by Susan M. Okin
Justice and the Politics of Difference by Iris M. Young Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., January 2001 Introduction This discussion addresses the
nature of social politics and diversity through the work of two feminist scholars: Susan Muller Okin: Justice Gender and the Family (1989), and Iris Marion Young:
Justice and the Politics of Difference (1990). Chapters 1 & 2 1. Susan Moller Okin begins her 1989 text by summarizing our current philosophical attitudes, "We dont believe people
should be constrained by innate difference from being able to achieve desired positions of influence, or to improve their wee-being: that equality of opportunity is our professed aim." Okin agrees
with societys current philosophy, but maintains that there are many inequalities that still remain in our supposedly "just" society. She points out the difficulties that we have
even remembering to use the word "gender." Sexual differences are institutionally enmeshed in our society through the weight of tradition ,and the division of labor inside and outside of the
home. Labor divisions are held in check by the marriage contract and the historic or traditional nature of the family. 2.In Chapter two, Okin considers the nature of the
family, first by saying that the family is "beyond justice," because its organization is based on higher principles, or emotional standards such as love and honor. Here Okin is
talking about the ideals of family, or the way that we perceive family "should" be, whether that perception is real or imagined. "Should" is often the precursor of illusion,
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