Philosophy at Murdoch University

Dr Peta Bowden


 

Research

Moral and political philosophy
Feminist ethics
Feminist epistemology
Virtue theory
Moral psychology

Publications

Books

Understanding Feminism. Stocksfield: Acumen, 2009 (with Jane Mummery)

Caring: Gender-Sensitive Ethics. London: Routledge, 1997

Articles

“Ecological Thinking, Advocacy and Privilege”, Ethics, Place and Environment, 11 (1), 2008, pp. 49-56

“Happiness and Dependency”, South African Journal of Philosophy, 23 (4), 2004, pp. 394-401

“Codes of Ethics: Texts in Practice”, Professional Ethics, 11 (1), Spring 2003, pp. 19-36. (with Anne Surma)

“An ‘Ethic of Care’ in Clinical Settings: Encompassing ‘Feminine’ and ‘Feminist’ Perspectives’, Nursing Philosophy, 1(1), July 2000, pp. 36-49

“Ethical Attention: Accumulating Understandings”, European Journal of Philosophy, 6(1), March 1998, pp. 59-77

Book Chapter

“Understanding Condemnation: A Plea for Appropriate Judgement”, in Pedro Alexis Tabensky (ed.) Judging and Understanding: Essays on Free Will, Narrative, Meaning and the Ethical Limits of Condemnation (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006), pp. 241-56 (with Emma Rooksby)

Encyclopaedia Articles

“Ethic of Care”, Encyclopaedia of Feminist Theories, ed. Lorraine Code (New York and London: Routledge, 2000), pp.178-9

“Code, Lorraine”, Encyclopaedia of Feminist Theories, ed. Lorraine Code (New York and London: Routledge, 2000), pp. 95-6

Contact:

Room

E/H 4.55

Phone

08 9360 6328

Email

P.Bowden@murdoch.edu.au

Units

PHL130

Introduction to Philosophy

PHL215/415

Love and Friendship

PHL219/419

Moral And Political Philosophy

PHL272/472

Ethics in Practice

 

 

Back To Staff Page Back To Philosophy Home Page


Original Design by: John Crowe
Document last modified by Lubica Ucnik: 14-Nov-2009
Authorised by: Dr Peta Bowden, Program Chair, Philosophy
Disclaimer & Copyright Notice 2009 Murdoch University
URL: http://philosophy.murdoch.edu.au/bowden.htm