Reviews

WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE IS STILL POLITICAL
The New Civil War: The Psychology, Culture, and Politics of Abortion , L inda J. B eckman and S. M arie H arvey (Eds.).
A MEMOIR OF A FEMINIST MARRIAGE
An Unconventional Family , S andra L ipsitz B em .
THE TAPESTRY OF WOMEN'S LIVES: STORIES OF MIGRATION
Women Crossing Boundaries: A Psychology of Immigration and Transformations of Sexuality , O livia M. E spin .
THE EVOLUTION OF THINKING ABOUT GENDER: FROM INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCE TO GROUP PROCESS
The Two Sexes: Growing Up Apart, Coming Together , E leanor E. M accoby .
GAY AND LESBIAN YOUTH: TRAUMAS AND TREATMENTS
Queer Kids: The Challenges and Promise for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth , R obert E. O wens , JR.
GAY AND LESBIAN YOUTH: TRAUMAS AND TREATMENTS
Lesbian & Guy Youth: Care & Counseling , C aitlin R yan and D onna F utterman .
THE PROCESS OF QUESTIONING: IMPROVING OUR ETHICAL RESPONSIVENESS
Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling: A Practical Guide (2nd ed.), K enneth . S. P ope and M elba . J. T. V asquez .
THE NEW WOMAN
New & Improved: The Transformation of American Women's Emotional culture , J ohn C. S purlock and C ynthia A. M agistro .
A FEMINIST LEGACY THAT HAS YET TO END
Resisting Gender: Twenty-Five Years of Feminist Psychology , R hoda K. U nger .
GENDER SCHEMAS AND ACCUMULATED DISADVANTAGE SLOW WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT
Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women , V irginia V alian .     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Christ and Spirit. Spirit-Christology in Trinitaraian Perspective by Ralph Delcolle
Winds of the Spriti: A constructive Christian Theology, Peter C. Hodgson
The Eucharist Makes the Church: Henri de Lubac and john Zizioulas in Dialogue by Paul McParthan
Changing the Subject: Women's Discourses and Feminist Theology by Mary McClintock Fulkerson
Plurality and Christian Ethics, by Lan S. Markham
Ther fall to Voilence: Original sin in Relational Theology by Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki
Religion and Revelation: A Theology of Revelation in the World's Religion by Keith Ward
Power & Christian Ethics by James P. Mackey
Mystical Language of Unsaying by Michael A. Sells
Narratives of a Vulnerable God: Christ, Theology and Scripture by William C. Placher     

Individuals and technology: Gilbert Simondon,from Ontology to Ethics to Feminist Bioethics

Two key themes structure the work of French philosopher of science Gilbert Simondon: the processes of individuation and the nature of technical objects. Moreover, these two themes are also at the heart of contemporary debates within Ethics and Bioethics. Indeed, the question of the individual is a key concern in both Virtue Ethics and Feminist Ethics of Care, while the hyper-technical reality of the present stage of medical technology is a key reason for both the urgency for and the success of the field of Bioethics. And yet, despite its potential for thinking about these issues, Simondon’s philosophy remains largely unknown. Rather than exploring Simondon’s complex ontology for itself, the aim of this paper is to establish what contribution his work can make in Ethics and Bioethics on two essential questions: the relational structure of the self and the nature of the human-technology relation. I argue that Simondon’s re-conceptualization of the individual harmonizes with perspectives in Feminist Bioethics (particularly the Ethics of Care) and points toward what I call an “open” Virtue Ethics that takes relations to be essential. In order to establish this connection, I explore at length the relational approach to Feminist Bioethics offered by Susan Sherwin’s work. I argue that a Simondonian account of technology and of the individual furthers the relational understanding of the self, offers a characterization of Virtue Ethics that is in harmony with the Ethics of Care, and clarifies a notion of responsibility that is implicated in the complex reality of the modern technological milieu.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this articles:
Theories of Rights . Jeremy Waldron (Ed.)
Human Rights . Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller & Jeffrey Paul (Eds)
Education and Indoctrination . Roger Scruton, Angela Ellis-Jones & Dennis O'Keeffe
From Knowledge to Wisdom: a revolution in the aims and methods of science . Nicholas Maxwell
The Ethics of Environmental Concern . Robin Attfield
Thinking About Social Thinking: the philosophy of the social sciences . Antony Flew     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Christ and the Spirit. Spirit Christology in Trinitarian Perspective by Ralph Del Colle
Winds of the Spirit: A Constructive Christian Theology , Peter C. Hodson
The Eucharist Makes the Church: Henri de Lubac and John Zizioulas in Dialogue by Paul McPartlan
Changing the Subject: Women's Discourses and Feminist Theology by Mary McClintock Fulkerson
Plurality and Christian Ethics , by Ian S. Markham
The Fall to Violence: Original Sin in Relational Theology by Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki
Religion and Revelation: A Theology of Revelation in the World's Religions by Keith Ward
Power & Chrristian Ethics by James P. Mackey
Mystical Languages of Unsaying by Michael A. Sells
Narratives of a Vulnerable God: Christ, Theology, and Scripture by William C. Placher     

BOOK REVIEWS

Untold Lives: The First Generation of American Women Psychologists, E lizabeth S carborough and L aurel F urumoto
The Psychology of Gender: Advances through Meta-analysis, J anet S hibley H yde and M arcia C. L inn (Eds.)
Mirror, mirror … : The importance of looks in everyday life, E laine H atfield and S usan S precher
Beauty Bound, R ita F reedman
Women, Feminism, and Biology: The Feminist Challenge, L ynda B irke , (Ed.)
Science and Gender: A Critique of Biology and its Theories on Women, R uth B leier
Feminist Approaches to Science, R uth B leier (Ed.)
Myths of Gender: Biological Theories about Women and Men, A nne F austo -S terling
MEDIA REVIEWS
Miss … Or Myth?     

BOOK REVIEWS

Contemporary Perspectives on Psychotherapy with Lesbians and Gay Men , TERRY S. STEIN AND CAROL COHEN (Eds.)
Women's Therapy Groups: Paradigms of Feminist Treatment , C laire M. B rody (Ed.)
A Mote in Freud Eye: From Psychoanalysis to the Psychology of Women , H. L erman
MEDIA REVIEWS
Just Between Sisters
Small Happiness
Critical Feminist Issues
Sexuality in Advertising
The Ultimate Test Animal
Not All Parents Are Straight
Surviving Sexual Abuse     

Reviews

PRACTICE WITH LESBIANS AND BISEXUAL WOMEN: PERSPECTIVES FROM HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK
Treating Lesbians and Bisexual Women: Challenges and Strategies for Health Professionals , E lisabeth P age G ruskin .
Lesbians & Lesbian Families: Reflections on Theory and Practice , J oan L aird (Ed.).
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: SEX AND GENDER IN COUNSELING PRACTICE
Gender and Sex in Counseling and Psychotherapy , L ucia A lbino G ilbert and M urray S cher .
NONTRADITIONAL THERAPY FOR TRADITIONAL MEN
A New Psychotherapy for Traditional Men , G ary R. B rooks .
WORTHWHILE MISTAKES
Learning from Our Mistakes: Difficulties and Failures in Feminist Therapy , M arcia H illand E sther D. R othblum (Eds.).
CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF VICTIM-FEMINISM
New Versions of Victims: Feminists Struggle with the Concepts , S haron L amb .
TRANSFORMING PSYCHOLOGY, TRANSFORMING OURSELVES
Women and Gender: Transforming Psychology , J anice D. Y oder .
WHO WILL WIN THE SEX DIFFERENCE BATTLE?
Sex and Cognition , D oreen K imura .     

Women and Sin: Responses to Mary Elise Lowe

Responses to Mary Elise Lowe:
A Response to Mary Elise Lowe's Women Orientated Hamartilogies , by Paul Sponheim, p.229
Feminist Thinking on Sin: Thoughts on an Update , by MaryMcClintock Fulkerson, p.230
Women and Sin: Response to Mary Elise Lowe , byRosemary Radford Ruether, p.233     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Ethics and Science. By HENRY MARGENAU. New York: Robert E. Krieger
Belief and Ethics: Essays in Ethics, the Human Sciences, and Ministry in Honor of W. Alvin Pitcher. Edited by W. WIDICK SCHROEDER and GIBSON WINTER.
Nature and Purpose. By JOHN F. HAUGHT. Lanham
Our Fragile Brains: A Christian Perspective on Brain Research. By D. GARETH JONES. Downers Grove     

REVIEWS

Book review in this Article
Two Careers/One Family , L ucia A. G ilbert . Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Dual-Career Marriage: A System in Transition , L isa R. S ilberstein . Hillsdale, NJ:
Dual Career Couples: New Perspectives in Counseling , M arian S toltzloike . Alexandria, VA:
Teaching a Psychology of People , P hyllis A. B ronstein and K athryn Q uina . Washington, DC
Lifting a Ton of Feathers: A Woman's Guide to Surviving in the Academic World , P aula J. C aplan . Toronto, Canada
Making Violence Sexy: Feminist Views on Pornography , D iana E. H. R ussell (Ed.). New York:
Breast Cancer in the Life Course: Women's Experiences , J ulianne S. O ktay and C arolyn A. W alter . New York:
Challenging the Breast Cancer Legacy , R enee R oyak -S chaler and B eryl L ieff B enderly . New York:
New Directions in Feminist Psychology: Practice, Theory, and Research , J. C. C hrisler and D. H oward (Eds.). New York:     

REVIEWS

VIEW FROM WITHIN: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS A SOURCE OF THEORY AND SCHOLARSHIP
Latina Realities: Essays on Healing, Migration, and Sexuality , O ljva M. E spin .
CULTURAL DIVERSITY AMONG LESBIANS AND GAY MEN: VIEWS THROUGH THE KALEIDOSCOPE
Ethnic and Cultural Diversity Among Lesbians and Gay Men , B everly G reene (Ed.).
Growing Up in a Lesbian Family: Effects on Child Development , F iona L. T asker and S usan G olombok .
TRYING TO TURN DICHOTOMY INTO CONTINUITY: EXPLORATIONS OF MOTHERHOOD
Representations of Motherhood , D onna B assin , M argaret H oney , and M eryle M ahrer K aplan (Eds.).
The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood , S haron H ays .
EQUALITY AND THE FAMILY: PUTTING THEORY INTO PRACTICE
Marital Equality: Its Relationship to the Well-Being of Husbands and Wives , J anice M. S teil .
Heterosexual Women Changing the Family: Refusing to Be a 'Wife'! , J o V an E very .
LIFE-TIES AND SELF-ESTEEM: SURVEY AND INTERVIEWS
Gender, Identity, and Self-Esteem: A New Look at Adult Development , D eborah Y. A nderson and C hristopher L. H ayes .
FEMINIST THERAPY REVISITED
Couples Therapy: Feminist Perspectives , M arcia H ill and E sther D. R othblum (Eds.).
Feminist Perspectives in Therapy: An Empowerment Model for Women , J udith W orell and P am R emer .     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Human Mystery. By JOHN C. ECCLES.
Promethean Ethics: Living with Death, Competition, and Triage. By GARRETT HARDIN.
Joseph Priestley—Scientist, Theologian, and Metaphysician. Edited by LESTER KIEFT.
Darkness and Scattered Light: Four Talks on the Future. By WILLIAM IRWIN THOMPSON.
Christian Child Development. By IRIS V. CULLY.
Interpreting Religious Experience. By PETER DONOVAN.     

Comment by Arvind Sharma

Comments on:
JRE Focus on The 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration ofHuman Rights, Journal of Religious Ethics 26.2 (Fall 1998)
"Rethinking Human Rights: A Review Essay on Religion, Relativism, and Other Matters" by David Little, Journal of Religious Ethics 27.1 (Spring 1999)     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Jeri Doane and Diane Diamond Affect and Attachment in the Family: A Family-based Treatment of Major Psychiatric Disorder.
Jane Ribbens Mothers and Their Children. A Feminist Sociology of Chiidrearing.
Charlotte Burck and Bebe Speed, (eds) Gender, Power and Relationships.
Eddy Street Counselling for Family Problems.
Gerald R. Weeks and Larry Hof (eds), The Marital-Relationship Therapy Casebook: Theory and Application of the Intersystem Model.
Andrew I. Schwebel and Mark A. Fine, Understanding and Helping Families. A Cognitive-Behavioural Approach.
Janine Roberts, Tales and Transformations: Stories in Families and Family Therapy.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Semantic Tradition from Kant to Carnap: To the Vienna Station. By J. Alberto Coffa (edited by Linda Wessels).
The Crooked Timber of Humanity. By Isaiah Berlin.
Nietzsche on Truth and Philosophy. By Maudemarie Clark.
Situating the Self: Gender, Community and Postmodernism in Contemporary Ethics. By Seyla Benhabib.
Die Konstitution der Moralität: Transzendentale Anthropologie und praktische Philosophie. By Thomas Rentsch.     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article.
God and the New Physics. By P aul D avies .
Cosmology and Theology. Edited by D avid T racy and N icholas L ash .
Discovering Reality: Feminist Perspectives on Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Philosophy of Science. Edited by S andra H arding and M errill B. H intikka .
Experimenting with Truth: The Fusion of Religion with Technology, Needed for Humanity's Survival. By R ustum R oy .
The Creation of Consciousness: Jung's Myth for Modern Man. By E dward F. E dinger .
The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy in America. By R ichard N euhaus .     

Does Hypatia Rock Boats?

This is a reply to Esther Frances's comment, “Some Thoughts on the Content of Hypatia,” in which she makes specific reference to the special issue on “Feminist Ethics and Medicine” which 1 edited.     

Further Notes on Feminist Ethics and Pluralism: A Reply to Lindgren

In a comment on my paper, “Moral Understandings: Alternative Epistemology for a Feminist Ethics” (1989) Ralph Lindgren questions the wisdom of confronta' tional rhetoric in my paper and much feminist moral philosophy, and the consistency of this stance with pluralism about ethics. I defend both the rebellious rhetoric and the inclusivity of my own approach, but suggest that pluralism in moral philosophy is harder to define than Lindgren's comments suggest.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
A Good Look at Evil . Abigail L. Rosenthal
A Farewell to Marx . David Conway
Philosophy of the Film . Ian Jarvie
The Foundations of Bioethics . Tristram Engelhardt
High Technology Medicine . Brian Jennett
Psychology, Ethics and Change . Susan Fairbairn & Gavin Fairbairn
Ethical Issues in Family Therapy . Sue Walrond-Skinner & David Watson
Definition and Rule in Legal Theory . Robert N. Moles
The Jurisprudence of Orthodoxy: Queen's University essays on H. L. A. Hart . Philip Leith & Peter Ingram