Setting the Moral Compass

This book brings together 19 women moral philosophers who have contributed to re-setting the compass of moral philosophy over the past two decades. This collection makes visible women moral philosophers' varied conceptions of the proper subjects, audiences, and purposes of moral philosophy.



Setting the Moral Compass brings together the (largely unpublished) work of nineteen women moral philosophers whose powerful and innovative work has contributed to the "re-setting of the compass" of moral philosophy over the past two decades. The contributors, who include many of the top names in this field, tackle several wide-ranging projects: they develop an ethics for ordinary life and vulnerable persons; they examine the question of what we ought to do for each other; they highlight the moral significance of inhabiting a shared social world; they reveal the complexities of moral negotiations; and finally they show us the place of emotion in moral life.