Papers by Cynthia A . Stark
Academic Ethics Today, 2022
Human Dignity and the Kingdom of Ends: Kantian Perspectives and Practical Applications, 2022
This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulf... more This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.
Caring For Liberalism, 2021
The gendered division of labor as it exists in liberal democracies 1 is unjust. By gendered divis... more The gendered division of labor as it exists in liberal democracies 1 is unjust. By gendered division of labor (GDL), I mean the social arrangement wherein women provide a disproportionate amount of unpaid domestic care work, relative to men, regardless of whether they also labor outside of the home (
Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, 2020
Luck egalitarianism has been criticized for 1) condoning some cases of oppression and 2) condemni... more Luck egalitarianism has been criticized for 1) condoning some cases of oppression and 2) condemning others for the wrong reason, namely that the victims were not responsible for their oppression. Oppression is unjust, however, the criticism says, simply because it violates universal moral equality. I argue that luck egalitarian responses to this critique are inadequate. Two responses address only the first part of the objection and do so in a way that risks making luck egalitarianism inconsistent. A third severely dilutes the luck egalitarian doctrine. A fourth manages to denounce some instances of oppression for the right reason, but at the same time permits other instances and condemns yet others for the wrong reason.
Journal of Applied Philosophy, 2020
In Equal Citizenship and Public Reason, Watson and Hartley dispute the claim that Rawls’s doctri... more In Equal Citizenship and Public Reason, Watson and Hartley dispute the claim that Rawls’s doctrine of political liberalism must tolerate gender hierarchy because it counts conservative and orthodox religions as reasonable comprehensive doctrines. I argue that their defense in fact contains two arguments, both of which fail. The first, which I call the “Deliberative Equality Argument”, fails because it does not establish conclusively that political liberalism’s demand for equal citizenship forbids social practices of domination, as the authors contend. The second, which I call the “Equal Liberties Argument”, fails because it supports a particular version of political liberalism and not the doctrine itself.
Moral Philosophy and Politics, 2020
In addition to having an institutional site or scope, a theory of distributive justice might also... more In addition to having an institutional site or scope, a theory of distributive justice might also have an institutional 'reach' or currency. It has the first when it applies to only social (and not natural) phenomena. It has the second when it distributes only socially produced (and not naturally occurring) goods. One objection to luck egalitarianism is that it has absurd implications. In response, Tan has defended a luck egalitarian account that has a strictly institutional reach. I argue, first, that Tan's view contains two fatal ambiguities and, second, that, to be sound, it requires an institutional currency. This second argument implies that virtually all extant luck egalitarian currencies are incompatible with his approach. I argue, third, that the alleged absurd implications often have little to do with the extent of luck egalitarianism's reach.
The Monist, 2019
This paper develops a notion of manipulative gaslighting, which is designed to capture something ... more This paper develops a notion of manipulative gaslighting, which is designed to capture something not captured by epistemic gaslighting, namely the intent to undermine women by denying their testimony about harms done to them by men. Manipulative gaslighting, I propose, consists in getting someone to doubt her testimony by challenging its credibility using two tactics: “sidestepping” (dodging evidence that supports her testimony) and “displacing” (attributing to her cognitive or characterological defects). I explain how manipulative gaslighting is distinct from (mere) reasonable disagreement, with which it is sometimes confused. I also argue for three further claims: that manipulative gaslighting is a method of enacting misogyny, that it is often a collective phenomenon, and, as collective, qualifies as a mode of psychological oppression.
Law, Ethics and Philosophy, 2018
Many distributive egalitarians do not endorse strict equality of goods.
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 2014
Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics, 2012
Metaphilosophy, Jan 1, 2009
Politics, Philosophy & Economics, Jan 1, 2009
Journal of Political Philosophy, 2007
Criminal Justice Ethics, 2001
The Journal of Philosophy, 2000
Public Affairs Quarterly, 1998
Journal of the History of Philosophy, 1997
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Papers by Cynthia A . Stark