On not making ourselves the prey of others: Jean Hampton's feminist contractarianism

Feminist Legal Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-55

  Richardson, Janice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feminist contractarianism; Hobbes; Jean Hampton; Kant; Personhood; Self worth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847301089     PISSN: 09663622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10691-006-9041-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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