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Susan Moller Okin

Philosopher of Justice in the Family

Susan Moller Okin

1946–2004 · Auckland and Stanford · Americas

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A New Zealand-born political philosopher who argued that theories of justice had passed over the family, and that a fair society must look at how work, money and power are shared at home.

Key work: Justice, Gender, and the Family (1989)

Key ideas, in brief (in our words)

  • A theory of justice that skips the family is not finished.

  • Who does the unpaid work at home shapes who is vulnerable outside it.

  • Choose the rules of family life as if you did not know whether you would be the husband or the wife.

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