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Mature Unwed Mothers: Narratives of Moral Resistance
Ruth Linn
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paperback. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMC; JMR; JMS; VFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 296.
I have often wondered if the opposition to women's choosing to abort a pregnancy masks a fear of women choosing to have and raise children on their own. When a woman separatesmotherhood from marriage, she claims a freedom in the realm of intimate rela tionships that may be as fundamental as Freedom of Conscience or Freedom of Association. Yet, we do not usually think about women's decisions concerning motherhood in these terms. In a pair of remarkable studies begun in the 1980s, Ruth Linn-pregnant at the time, and married to a medical officer in the Israeli army-took the study of ... Read more
I have often wondered if the opposition to women's choosing to abort a pregnancy masks a fear of women choosing to have and raise children on their own. When a woman separatesmotherhood from marriage, she claims a freedom in the realm of intimate rela tionships that may be as fundamental as Freedom of Conscience or Freedom of Association. Yet, we do not usually think about women's decisions concerning motherhood in these terms. In a pair of remarkable studies begun in the 1980s, Ruth Linn-pregnant at the time, and married to a medical officer in the Israeli army-took the study of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
Number of Pages
170
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461354734
SKU
V9781461354734
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Reviews for Mature Unwed Mothers: Narratives of Moral Resistance
`...compelling account of moral decision-making in the search for an authentic moral self. ...there is much here that will prompt critical rethinking of our more general notions of moral functioning.' Journal of Moral Education, 31:1 (2002)