Fraser’s and Nussbaum’s contributions to a feminist theory of justice

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2023.1.43854

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feminism , theory of justice , female genital mutilation , participatory oarity , capabilities approach

Abstract

The objective of this research is to demonstrate the possibility of a feminist theory of justice based on the theoretical complementation between Martha Nussbaum's capabilities approach and Nancy Fraser's three-dimensional theory of justice based on participatory parity. As an emancipatory proposal for women in contexts of inequality, the case of female genital mutilation is used as a basis for reflection, so that in the first two sessions of the article the theories of Nussbaum and Fraser are demonstrated, and in the last session, the a fictional society called Lemândia in order to clarify how this theory of feminist justice could be applied in a practical reality.

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Rafaela Weber Mallmann, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil.

Doutoranda em Filosofia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), em Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil. Mestra em Filosofia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), em Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil. Graduada em Direito pela Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (Unijuí), em Ijuí/RS, Brasil.

Nythamar De Oliveira, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil.

Doutor em Filosofia pela State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos da América. Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), em Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil.

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Published

2023-07-25

How to Cite

Weber Mallmann, R., & De Oliveira, N. (2023). Fraser’s and Nussbaum’s contributions to a feminist theory of justice. Veritas (Porto Alegre), 68(1), e43854. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2023.1.43854

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Ethics and Political Philosophy

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