Feminist Ethics

Abstract

Ethics is a branch of philosophy concerning appropriate and inappropriate behavior. There are different viewpoints, feminist and traditional, to applied ethics. This paper addresses the background of both perspectives and compares the approaches for several scenarios.

Feminist Ethics: Its Effect on Society

“…Women are more concerned with the company and its employees. Men, on the other hand might be more concerned about themselves and their jobs as opposed to suffering the repercussions of whistleblowing (Ben-Jacob & Glazerman, 2022).…”

“…Feminist ethics contends as well that when a person is fired from a job, considerations other than what is in the best interest in the company are necessary. Necessary deliberations include how will the termination affect the image of the company, how will this employee now support her family, the possibility of an alternate position within the establishment (Ben-Jacob & Glazerman, 2022).…”

“…Feminist ethics is an aspect of ethics that arose from displeasure with traditional moral philosophies, which feminists view as male-centric and problematic due to the minimization of values traditionally associated with women or feminine positions (Ben-Jacob & Glazerman, 2022). This paper will address the effect of feminist ethics to applied ethics, i.e., to specific aspects of society.…”

“…Normative ethics is concerned with the guidelines of right and wrong that stipulate what people ought to do. Applied ethics is concerned with specific situations (Ben-Jacob & Glazerman, 2022) upon some of which this paper will focus.…”