Virginia Held

Distinguished Professor

Ph.D. Columbia University

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Social and Political Philosophy

Ethics

Feminist Philosophy

Limits on Markets

Group Responsibility

Courses Recently Taught

New Developments in the Ethics of Care (Spring 2009)

Social Groups: Responsibilities and Rights (Spring 2006)

The Ethics of Care (Spring 2003)

Representative Publications

How Terrorism Is Wrong: Morality and Political Violence (Oxford University Press, 2008)

The Ethics of Care: Personal, Political, and Global, (Oxford University Press, 2006)

Feminist Morality: Transforming Culture, Society and Politics, (Univ. of Chicago, 1993)

Rights and Goods: Justifying Social Action, (Free Press/Macmillan, 1984)

The Public Interest and Individual Interests, (Basic Books, 1972)

Justice and Care: Essential Readings in Feminist Ethics, Editor (Westview, 1995)

Property, Profits, and Economic Justice, Editor (Wadsworth, 1980)

Philosophy, Morality, and International Affairs, Co-editor (Oxford Univ. Press, 1974)

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