Vulnerability : reflections on a new ethical foundation for law and politics / edited by Martha Albertson Fineman, Anna Grear. - ix, 223 pages ; 24 cm. - Gender in law, culture, and society . - Gender in law, culture, and society. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-218) and index.

Introduction : Vulnerability as heuristic : an invitation to future exploration / Martha Albertson Fineman and Anna Grear -- Equality, autonomy, and the vulnerable subject in law and politics / Martha Albertson Fineman -- Kierkegaard and vulnerability / Alison Assiter -- Vulnerability, advanced global capitalism and co-symptomatic injustice : locating the vulnerable subject / Anna Grear -- Vulnerability and the liberal order / Sean Coyle -- More than utopia / Morgan Cloud -- After the storm : the vulnerability and resilience of locally owned business / Susan S. Kuo and Benjamin Means -- Housing the vulnerable subject : the English context / Helen Carr -- Assisted reproductive technology provision and the vulnerability thesis : from the UK to the global market / Rachel Anne Fenton -- A quiet revolution : vulnerability in the European Court of Human Rights / Alexandra Timmer -- Animals as vulnerable subjects : beyond interest-convergence, hierarchy, and property / Ani B. Satz.

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Law--Philosophy.
Law and ethics.
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