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    Against Marriage: An Egalitarian Defense of the Marriage-Free State.Clare Chambers - 2017 - Oxford University Press.
    Clare Chambers argues that marriage violates both equality and liberty and should not be trecognized by the state. She shows how feminist and liberal principles require creation of a marriage-free state: one in which private marriages, whether religious or secular, would have no legal status.
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  2. Sex, Culture, and Justice: The Limits of Choice.Clare Chambers - 2007 - Pennsylvania State University Press.
    Autonomy is fundamental to liberalism. But autonomous individuals often choose to do things that harm themselves or undermine their equality. In particular, women often choose to participate in practices of sexual inequality—cosmetic surgery, gendered patterns of work and childcare, makeup, restrictive clothing, or the sexual subordination required by membership in certain religious groups. In this book, Clare Chambers argues that this predicament poses a fundamental challenge to many existing liberal and multicultural theories that dominate contemporary political philosophy. Chambers argues that (...)
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  3. VII—the Marriage-Free State.Clare Chambers - 2013 - Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 113 (2pt2):123-143.
    This paper sets out the case for abolishing state-recognized marriage and replacing it with piecemeal regulation of personal relationships. It starts by analysing feminist objections to traditional marriage, and argues that the various feminist critiques can best be reconciled and answered by the abolition of state-recognized marriage. The paper then considers the ideal form of state regulation of personal relationships. Contra other recent proposals, equality and liberty are not best served by the creation of a new holistic status, such as (...)
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  4. Each outcome is another opportunity: Problems with the moment of equal opportunity.Clare Chambers - 2009 - Politics, Philosophy and Economics 8 (4):374-400.
    This article introduces the concept of a Moment of Equal Opportunity (MEO): a point in an individual’s life at which equal opportunity must be applied and after which it need not. The concept of equal opportunity takes many forms, and not all employ an MEO. However, the more egalitarian a theory of equal opportunity is, the more likely it is to use an MEO. The article discusses various theories of equal opportunity and argues that those that employ an MEO are (...)
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  5. Are breast implants better than female genital mutilation? autonomy, gender equality and nussbaum's political liberalism.Clare Chambers - 2004 - Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 7 (3):1-33.
    This essay considers the tension between political liberalism and gender equality in the light of social construction and multiculturalism. The tension is exemplified by the work of Martha Nussbaum, who tries to reconcile a belief in the universality of certain liberal values such as gender equality with a political liberal tolerance for cultural practices that violate gender equality. The essay distinguishes between first? and second?order conceptions of autonomy, and shows that political liberals mistakenly prioritise second?order autonomy. This prioritisation leads political (...)
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    Are women human? And other international dialogues - by Catharine A. Mackinnon.Clare Chambers - 2007 - Ethics and International Affairs 21 (2):261–263.
    Catharine MacKinnon's fundamental claim is that the violence and abuse routinely inflicted on women by men is not treated with the same seriousness accorded to a human rights violation, or torture, or terrorism, or a war crime, or a crime against humanity, or an atrocity.
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  7. II—Ideology and Normativity.Clare Chambers - 2017 - Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 91 (1):175-195.
    This paper investigates the possibility of what Sally Haslanger calls ‘ideology critique’. It argues that ideology critique cannot rely on epistemological considerations alone but must be based on a normative political theory. Since ideological oppression is denied by those who suffer from it is it is not possible to identify privileged epistemological standpoints in advance.
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  8. Feminism and liberalism.Clare Chambers - 2017 - In Ann Garry, Serene J. Khader & Alison Stone (eds.), Routledge Companion to Feminist Philosophy. London: Routledge.
  9. The Limitations of Contract: Regulating Personal Relationships in the Marriage-Free State.Clare Chambers - 2016 - In Elizabeth Brake (ed.), After Marriage: Rethinking Marital Relationships. , US: Oxford University Press USA.
  10. The Family as a Basic Institution: A Feminist Analysis of the Basic Structure as Subject.Clare Chambers - 2013 - In Ruth Abbey (ed.), Feminist Interpretations of John Rawls. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press. pp. 75-95.
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    Masculine domination, radical feminism and change.Clare Chambers - 2005 - Feminist Theory 6 (3):325-346.
    Feminists are starting to look to the work of Pierre Bourdieu, in the hope that it might provide a useful framework for conceptualising the tension between structure and agency in questions of gender. This paper argues that Bourdieu’s analysis of gender can indeed be useful to feminists, but that the options Bourdieu offers for change are problematic. The paper suggests that Bourdieu’s analysis of gender echoes the work of earlier radical feminists, particularly Catharine MacKinnon, in important ways. Consciousness-raising, one of (...)
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    Autonomy and equality in cultural perspective: Response to Sawitri Saharso.Clare Chambers - 2004 - Feminist Theory 5 (3):329-332.
    In “Feminist ethics, autonomy and the politics of multiculturalism”, Sawitri Saharso argues that the feminist concern to protect women’s autonomy legitimates and permits two practices which might otherwise seem antithetical to feminism: hymen repair surgery and sex-selective abortion. Sex-selective abortion is given pragmatic support: since it is rare in the Netherlands (the focus of Saharso’s paper), and since limitations on abortion would adversely affect the autonomy of women who sought an abortion for other reasons, Saharso concludes that Dutch law ought (...)
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  13. Gender.Clare Chambers - 2008 - In Catriona McKinnon (ed.), Issues in Political Theory. Oxford University Press. pp. 265-288.
     
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    Making Inequality Visible Without Making It Worse.Clare Chambers - 2022 - Social Philosophy and Policy 39 (2):122-146.
    Egalitarian commitments have often been thought compatible with practices that are later identified as inegalitarian. Thus, a fundamental task of egalitarianism is to make inequality visible. Making inequality visible requires including marginalized people, questioning what equality requires, and naming inequality. At the same time, egalitarianism is a movement for change: egalitarians want to make things more equal. When egalitarians seek change at the institutional level, the two egalitarian tasks are complementary: making inequality visible is part of campaigning to make things (...)
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    Respect, Religion, and Feminism: Comments on Lori Watson and Christie Hartley, Equal Citizenship and Public Reason: A Feminist Political Liberalism.Clare Chambers - 2020 - Journal of Applied Philosophy 37 (5):863-872.
    There is significant disagreement among feminists and liberals about the compatibility between the two doctrines. Political liberalism has come under particular criticism from feminists, who argue that its restricted form of equality is insufficient. In contrast, Lori Watson and Christie Hartley argue that political liberalism can and must be feminist. This article raises three areas of disagreement with Watson and Hartley’s incisive account of feminist political liberalism. First, it argues that an appeal to a comprehensive doctrine can be compatible with (...)
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    Assessing equality.Clare Chambers - 2008 - Res Publica 14 (2):141-144.
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  17. All must have prizes: the liberal case for intervention in cultural practices.Clare Chambers - 2002 - In Paul Kelly (ed.), Multiculturalism reconsidered: Culture and Equality and its Critics. Polity. pp. 151-173.
    Liberals like choice.1 Human flourishing, they believe, is to some degree dependent on individuals’ ability to choose their ends and actions. However, liberals sometimes fail to note that this principle does not always work in reverse: it does not follow that an individual acting according to her own choices will flourish, or that she will necessarily have the freedom and autonomy which are crucial to flourishing. In this paper, I shall show that even outcomes which result from the choices of (...)
     
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  18. Equality and Autonomy for All? Liberalism, Feminism and Social Construction.Clare Chambers - 2003 - Dissertation, Oxford University
     
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    Editorial, March 2020.Clare Chambers, Philip Cook & Sune Lægaard - 2020 - Res Publica 26 (2):155-156.
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    (1 other version)Feminism.Clare Chambers - 2013 - In Michael Freeden, Lyman Tower Sargent & Marc Stears (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Political Ideologies. Oxford University Press.
    This chapter characterizes feminism as a rejection of the ideology of patriarchy. Feminism rejects two patriarchal tenets, the fetishism of choice and the prison of biology, by which patriarchal ideology in Western liberal societies insists that gender inequality is inevitable yet unproblematic. Against this patriarchal story, feminism insists that women are neither imprisoned by biology nor liberated by individual choice. Instead, feminists hold three theses: the entrenchment of gender, the existence of patriarchy and the need for change. Gender remains one (...)
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    Gender, Class, and Freedom in Modern Political Theory.Clare Chambers - 2010 - Journal of Moral Philosophy 7 (1):145-147.
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    Intact: A Defence of the Unmodified Body.Clare Chambers - 2022 - Allen Lane.
    The pressure to change our bodies is overwhelming. We strive to defy ageing, build our biceps, cure our disabilities, conceal our quirks. Surrounded by filtered photos and surgically-enhanced features, we must contort our physical selves to prejudiced standards of beauty. Perfection is impossible, and even an acceptable body seems out of reach. In this thought-provoking, original work, acclaimed political philosopher Clare Chambers argues that the unmodified body is a key political principle. While defending individuals' right to change their bodies, she (...)
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  23. Inclusivity and the Constitution of the Family.Clare Chambers - 2009 - Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence 22 (1):135-152.
    This paper starts by discussing Alan Brudner's overall project: the project of inclusivity. It argues that the idea of inclusivity is problematic both conceptually and normatively, for three reasons. First, it is not clear that Brudner's aim to provide a unified theory of the liberal constitution is either possible or desirable. Second, Brudner assumes but does not adequately demonstrate the need for public justification of the liberal constitution. Third, Brudner does not sufficiently explain who should have a veto over his (...)
     
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    Liberal views.Clare Chambers - 2014 - The Philosophers' Magazine 64:80-85.
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    Sex, money and luck in sport.Clare Chambers - 2020 - Journal of Medical Ethics 46 (9):591-592.
    Competitive sport is not governed by luck egalitarianism. Luck egalitarianism is intended to minimise or prevent all inequalities that arise from luck, as these inequalities are judged to be unjust. Sigmund Loland1 correctly notes that there are elements of luck egalitarian practice in sports: competitors must run the same distances, use the same equipment and so on. However, these measures of standardisation do not level the playing field, because competitors are at liberty to use as much money as they can (...)
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    : Equality and Opportunity.Clare Chambers - 2016 - Ethics 126 (3):851-856.
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  27. The family as a basic institution" : a feminist analysis of the basic structure as subject.Clare Chambers - 2013 - In Ruth Abbey (ed.), Feminist Interpretations of John Rawls. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press.
     
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    Teach Yourself Political Philosophy: A Complete Introduction.Clare Chambers & Phil Parvin - 2012 - Hodder & Stoughton.
    Publisher's Note: Written by Phil Parvin and Clare Chambers, who are current political philosophy lecturers and leading researchers, Political Philosophy - The Essentials is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students are expected to be confident in, outlining the basics in clear jargon-free English, and then providing added-value features like summaries of key thinkers, and even lists of questions you might be asked in your seminar or exam. (...)
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  29. What Kind of Dialogue Do We Need? Gender, deliberative democracy and comprehensive values.Clare Chambers & Phil Parvin - 2013 - In Jude Browne (ed.), Dialogue, Politics and Gender. Cambridge University Press.
    This paper claims that a focus on gender as a source of controversy, and on feminism as a theoretical and practical approach, prompts a rethinking of the role of dialogue away from the liberal constitutionalist focus of deliberative democracy and towards a more fluid, reflexive approach.
     
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    Coercive redistribution and public agreement: re‐evaluating the libertarian challenge of charity.Clare Chambers & Philip Parvin - 2010 - Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 13 (1):93-114.
    In this article, we evaluate the capacity of liberal egalitarianism to rebut what we call the libertarian challenge of charity. This challenge states that coercive redistributive taxation is neither needed nor justified, since those who endorse redistribution can give charitably, and those who do not endorse redistribution cannot justifiably be coerced. We argue that contemporary developments in liberal political thought render liberalism more vulnerable to this libertarian challenge. Many liberals have, in recent years, sought to recast liberalism such that it (...)
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    Torture as an Evil: Response to Claudia Card, “Ticking Bombs and Interrogation”.Clare Chambers - 2008 - Criminal Law and Philosophy 2 (1):17-20.
  32. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Sex and Sexuality.Brian D. Earp, Clare Chambers & Lori Watson (eds.) - 2022 - Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy.
    This Handbook covers the most urgent, controversial, and important topics in the philosophy of sex. It is both philosophically rigorous and yet accessible to specialists and non-specialists, covering ethics, political philosophy, metaphysics, the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of language, and featuring interactions with neighboring disciplines such as psychology, bioethics, sociology, and anthropology. The volume's 40 chapters, written by an international team of both respected senior researchers and essential emerging scholars, are divided into eight parts: I. What is Sex? (...)
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    (1 other version)Book Review: Our Bodies, Whose Property?, by Anne Phillips. [REVIEW]Clare Chambers - 2015 - Political Theory 43 (1):111-118.