Curriculum vitae of
ALISON M. JAGGAR
Professor of Philosophy and
Women’s Studies
Phone: 303-492-8997
FAX: 303-492-2549
e-mail: <jaggar@spot.colorado.edu>
B.A. Hons. (Philosophy)
M. Litt. (Philosophy)
Ph.D. (Philosophy)
1972-89
Recipient of many Taft grants‑in‑aid of research and University
Research Council Awards,
1976‑77 American Association of
University Women Dorothy Bridgman Atkinson Endowed Fellowship
1980‑81 National
Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
1989 Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in the
Humanities,
1990 Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship
1993-4
1995 Society of Women in
Philosophy Distinguished Woman Philosopher
1998 National Endowment for
the Humanities Fellowship
2003 Runner up, best CU
professor in the
2003-04 Faculty Fellow, Center for
Humanities and the Arts,
1994-1997 Director of Women’s Studies,
1994 Visiting Professor of
Philosophy and Guest Researcher in Feminist Studies,
1993 Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy,
1990- Professor
of Philosophy and Women Studies,
1984‑85 First Laurie New Jersey
Professor in Women's Studies and Visiting Professor of Philosophy,
1984‑90 Obed J. Wilson Professor of
Ethics, University of
1982‑91 Professor of Philosophy,
University of
1980 Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy,
1976‑82 Associate Professor of
Philosophy, University of
1975 Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy,
1972‑76 Assistant Professor of
Philosophy, University of
1970‑72 Assistant Professor of
Philosophy,
1968‑70 Part‑time Instructor of
Philosophy,
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
1.
Feminist Frameworks: Alternative
Theoretical Accounts of the Relations between Women and Men, edited with Paula Rothenberg,
__________ 2/e 1984;
__________ 3/e 1993.
2.
Feminist Politics and Human
Nature, Totowa, N.J: Rowman & Allanheld, and
3. Gender/Body/Knowledge:
Feminist Reconstructions of Being and Knowing, edited with Susan R. Bordo,
__________
Genero, Corpo, Conhecimento, Portuguese translation of Gender/Body/Knowledge,
4. Living
with Contradictions: Controversies in
Feminist Social Ethics, Boulder, CO:
Westview Press, 1994.
5. Morality
and Social Justice: Point Counterpoint,
with James P. Sterba, Milton Fisk, William A. Galston, Carol C. Gould, Tibor
Machan and Robert Solomon, Lanham, MD and London, UK: Rowman and Littlefield, 1995.
6. The Blackwell Companion to Feminist
Philosophy, edited with Iris M. Young,
__________ Ukrainian translation,
__________
Korean translation,
Forthcoming books
7. Just Methodologies: An Interdisciplinary Feminist Reader, Boulder, CO: Paradigm Press,
2006.
8. Abortion: Three Perspectives, with Michael Tooley, Philip E. Devine and Celia
Wolf-Devine,
9. Sex, Truth and Power: A Feminist Theory of Moral Reason.
ARTICLES AND REPRINTS
1. "The Just State As a
2. "On One of the Reasons for the
Indeterminacy of Translation," Philosophy
and Phenomenological Research, XXXIV:2, (December 1973).
3. "It Does Not Matter Whether We Can
Derive 'Ought' from 'Is'," Canadian
Journal of Philosophy, III:3, (March, 1974).
4. "The Sanctity of Life as a Humanist
Ideal," Journal of Social Philosophy,
V:2 (April, 1974).
5. "On Sexual Equality," Ethics, 84:4 (July, 1974).
__________ reprinted in Paula R. Struhl and Karsten J.
Struhl, eds., Philosophy Now: An
Introductory Reader, 2/e,
__________ reprinted in Jane English, ed., Sex Equality, Englewood Cliffs,
N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1977.
__________ reprinted in Marjorie Weinzweig and Sharon
Bishop, eds., Philosophy and Women,
__________ reprinted in Richard L. Purtill, ed., Moral Dilemmas:
__________ reprinted in Stewart, ed., Philosophical Perspectives on Sex and Love,
6. "Philosophy as a Profession," Metaphilosophy, 6:1 (January 1975).
__________reprinted
in Terrell Ward Bynum and Sidney Reisberg, eds., Teaching Philosophy Today: Criticism and Response,
__________reprinted
in Terrell Ward Bynum and William Vitek, Applying
Philosophy,
7. "Abortion and a Woman's Right to Decide,"
Philosophical Forum, V:1‑2,
(Winter, 1975).
__________ reprinted in Robert Baker and Frederick
Elliston, eds., Philosophy and Sex,
__________ reprinted in 2/e, 1984.
__________ reprinted in Marx W. Wartofsky and Carol Gould,
eds., Women and Philosophy: Towards a
Philosophy of Liberation,
8. "Affirmative Action with Respect to
Women in Academia: the Law and its
Implementation," American
Philosophical Association Bulletin 27, (September, 1975).
9. "Political Philosophies of Women's
Liberation," in Mary Vetterling Braggin, Frederick Elliston and Jane
English, eds., Feminism and Philosophy,
__________ reprinted in Marjorie Weinzweig and Sharon
Hill, eds., Philosophy and Women,
__________ reprinted in Richard A. Wasserstrom, ed., Today's Moral Problems, 2/e,
__________ reprinted in 3/e, 1985.
__________ reprinted in James Gould, ed., Classical Philosophical Questions, 5th
edition,
__________ reprinted in Richard T. Garner and Andrew
Oldenquist, eds., Society and the
Individual: Readings in Political and Social Philosophy,
__________ reprinted in E.D. Klemke, A. David Kline and
Robert Hollinger, eds., Philosophy: The Basic Issues,
__________ reprinted in Celia Wolf-Devine and Philip
Devine, eds., Sex and Gender: A Spectrum of Views,
__________ reprinted (in Chinese translation) in Yinhe Li,
Classics of Feminist Theory,
__________ reprinted in Celia Wolf-Devine and Philip
Devine, eds., Sex and Gender: A Spectrum of Views,
10. "Relaxing the Limits on Preferential
Treatment," Social Theory and
Practice, 4:2, (Spring, 1977).
11. "Tenure, Academic Freedom and
Competence," Philosophical Forum,
X:1‑2, (Winter, 1979).
12. "Men, Feminism and Women's
Studies," Teaching Philosophy,
2:3‑4. (1977-8).
13. "Prostitution", in Alan G. Soble,
ed.,
__________ reprinted in 2/e, 1991.
__________ reprinted in James E. White, ed., Contemporary Moral Problems, West
Publishing Co., 1985.
__________ reprinted in Marilyn Pearsall, ed., Women and Values: Readings in Recent
Feminist Philosophy,
__________ reprinted in Igor Primoratz, ed., Suvremena filozofija seksualnosti
(Contemporary Philosophy of Sexuality),
14. "Human Biology and Feminist Theory"
in Carol Gould, ed., Beyond Domination:
New Perspectives on Women and Philosophy, Totowa, N.J: Rowman & Allanheld, 1983.
__________ reprinted in P. H. Werhane, A. R. Gini and D.
T. Ozar, eds., Philosophical Perspectives
on Human Rights,
___________ reprinted in Issues in Women’s
Studies,
__________ reprinted in Carol Gould, ed., Gender:
Key Concepts in Critical Theory,
15. "Conceptions of Sex Equality and Human
Biology in Modern Political Theory," Proceedings
of the Twenty Third World Congress of Philosophy,
16. "Feminist Reconstructions,"
abstract of invited paper, The Journal of
Philosophy, LXXXI:10, October, 1984.
17. "Teaching Sedition: Some Dilemmas of Feminist Pedagogy"
(abridged version), QQ: Report of the
Center for Philosophy and Public Forum, 4:3, (Fall, 1984).
__________ full version forthcoming in Janet Bauer and
Beth Mayer, eds., Teaching
Differently: Feminism, Diversity, and
Empowerment in Schooling.
18. "'Reproduction' as Male Ideology,"
with William L. McBride, in Hypatia: A
Journal of Feminist Philosophy (Women's Studies International Forum), 8:
(1985).
__________ reprinted (in German translation) in Elizabeth
List and Herlinde Studer-Pauer, eds., Denkverhältnisse:
Feminismus als Kritik, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1989.
19. "Gendered Thinking and Nuclear
Politics," in Michael Fox and Leo Groarke, Nuclear War: Philosophical Perspectives,
20. "Sex Inequality and Bias in Sex
Difference Research," The Canadian
Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume 13, (1987).
__________ reprinted in Marsha Hanen and Kai Nielsen,
eds., Science, Morality and Feminist
Theory,
21. "Socialist Feminism and Human
Nature" (from Feminist Politics and
Human Nature) in James P. Sterba, ed., Morality
in Practice, 2/e,
__________ reprinted in A. J. Skoble, Political
Philosophy, Essential Selections, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998.
22. “How can Philosophy Be Feminist?" American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Feminism
and Philosophy, April, 1988.
__________ reprinted in Ed. L. Miller, ed., Questions That Matter: An Invitation to Philosophy,
23. "Love & Knowledge: Emotion in Feminist Epistemology", Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of
Philosophy, 32, (June, 1989.)
__________ reprinted in Alison M. Jaggar and Susan Bordo,
eds.,Gender/Body/Knowledge, Feminist Reconstructions of Being and
Knowing,
__________ reprinted in Ann Garry and Marilyn Pearsall,
eds., Women, Knowledge and Reality,
__________ reprinted in 2/e, 1996.
__________ reprinted in Keith Opdahl, ed., Emotion in Literature: Issues and
Perspectives, 1991.
__________ reprinted (in Swedish translation) in Häften för Kritiska Studier,
__________ reprinted in Elizabeth Harvey and Kathleen
Okruhlik, eds., Women and Reason,
__________ reprinted in Donald C. Abel, Fifty Readings in Philosophy,
__________ reprinted in David Theo Golberg, ed., Ethical Theory and Society: Historical Texts and Contemporary Readings,
__________ reprinted in H.B. McCullough, ed., Political Ideologies and Political
Philosophies,
__________ reprinted in Arthur Zucker, ed., Introduction to Philosophy of Science,
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall,
1996.
__________ reprinted in Diana Tietjens Myers, ed., Feminist Ethics and Social Theory: A Sourcebook,
__________ reprinted in Sandra Kemp and Judith Squires,
eds., Feminisms,
__________ reprinted in Helen B. Mitchell, ed., Roots of World Wisdom: A Multicultural Reader,
__________ reprinted in Todd Michael Furman, ed., The Canon and Its Critics: A Multi-Perspective Introduction to
Philosophy, CA: Mayfield Publishing
Co, 1999.
__________ reprinted in John J. Stuhr, ed., Thought Matters,
__________ reprinted in Samuel Enoch Stumpf and Donald C.
Abel, eds., Elements of Philosophy: An
Introduction,
24. "Feminist Ethics: Some Issues for the Nineties," Journal of Social Philosophy, XX:1-2,
(Spring/Fall, 1989).
__________ reprinted (in Serbian translation) as
“Feministicka etika: nekoliko problema
za devedesete” in Gledista 1-2, (
__________ reprinted in William H. Shaw, ed., Personal and Social Ethics,
__________ reprinted (in German translation) in Herta
Nagl-Docekal and Herlinde Pauer-Studer, eds. Jenseits der Geschlechtermoral:
Beitraege zuer Feministischen Ethik, Frankfurt/Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 1993.
__________ reprinted in James E. White, ed., Contemporary Moral Problems,
__________ reprinted in Susan Moller Okin and Jane
Mansbridge, eds., Schools of Thought in
Politics: Feminism II,
__________ reprinted in David Theo Golberg, ed., Ethical Theory and Society: Historical Texts and Contemporary Readings,
Harcourt Brace and Co:
__________ reprinted in Robert Larmer, ed., Ethics in the Workplace,
__________ reprinted in Robert Paul Wolff, ed., About Philosophy, 6/e, Englewood Cliffs,
NJ: Prentice Hall, 1995.
__________ reprinted in John Arthur, ed., Morality and Moral Controversies,
__________ Spanish translation in Carme Castells, ed., Feminismo y Teoria Politic: Las
aportaciones
__________ reprinted in James Gould, ed., Classical Philosophical Questions,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall,
1998.
__________ reprinted in William H. Shaw, ed., Personal and Social Ethics,
__________ reprinted in 4/e, 2002.
25. "Feminist Ethics: an Introduction,"
Forum: A Women's Studies Periodical,
16:1 (Fall, 1991).
26. "Sexual Difference and Sexual
Equality," in Deborah L. Rhode, ed., Theoretical
Perspectives on Sexual Difference,
__________ reprinted (in German translation) in Beate
Roessler, ed., Quotierung und
Gerechtigkeit: Eine Moralphilosophische Kontroverse, Frankfurt/Main and
__________ reprinted in J. Ralph Lindgren and Nadine
Taub, The Law of Sex Discrimination,
__________ reprinted in Chinese translation in Wang Zheng
and Du Fangqin, eds., Selected Works on
Gender Studies,
__________ reprinted in Daniel Bonevac, ed., Today’s Moral Issues,
27. "Feminist Ethics: Projects, Problems,
Prospects" in Herta Nagl-Docekal and Herlinde Pauer-Studer, eds., Denken der Geschlechterdifferenz: Neue
Fragen und Perspectiven der Feministischen Philosophie,
__________ reprinted in Claudia Card, ed., Feminist Ethics,
__________ reprinted abridged in the Center Newsletter, Center for Values and Public Policy, University
of Colorado at Boulder, IX:2 (Fall 1990).
__________ reprinted in Czech translation, Filosoficky Casopis (Czechoslovak Journal
of Philosophy), 40:5 (1992).
__________ reprinted abridged in In/Fire Ethics: Newsletter of
the International Network of Feminists Interested in Reproductive Health,
2:3 (1993).
__________ reprinted in Lois K. Daly, ed., Feminist Theological Ethics: A Reader,
__________ reprinted in Sourcebook of Selected Readings on Gender Sensitive and Feminist
Research,
__________ reprinted in World Ethics,
edited by Wanda Torres Gregory and Donna Giancola,
28. "Feminist Ethics, "
29. "Shulamith Firestone," in Robert
Benewick and Philip Green, eds., The
Routledge Dictionary of Twentieth Century Political Thinkers, New York and
London: Routledge, 1992.
30. "Making People Just or Appropriating
Their Voices? Sterba's Suppression of
Philosophical Disagreement," The
Journal of Social Philosophy 22:5 (Spring 1992).
31. “Taking Consent Seriously: Feminist Practical
Ethics and Hypothetical Dialogue,” in Earl Winkler and Jerrold Coombs, eds., The Applied Ethics Reader,
32. “Moral Justification, Philosophy and Critical
Social Theory,” Monthly Review, 45:2
(June, 1993).
33. Comments on “Lay Midwifery and the
Traditional Childbearing Group” in It
Just Ain’t Fair, edited by Annette Dula and Sara Goering,
34. “Human Nature,” with Karsten Struhl, in
Warren T. Reich, ed., Encyclopedia of
Bioethics,
35. “Caring as a Feminist Practice of Moral
Reason,” in Virginia Held, ed. Justice
and Care: Essential Readings, Boulder, CO:
Westview Press, 1995.
36. “Affirmative
Action, Sex Equality and Meritocratic Justice in the
__________ abridged in The
Newsletter of the University of Colorado Center for Values and Social
Policy, 1996.
37.
“One Is Not Born a Man,” Proceedings of
Conference on Feminism, Epistemology and Ethics, edited by Inger Nygaard
Preus, Arne Hohan Vetlesen, Trude Kleven, Irene Iversen, Drude v.d. Fehhr,
Oslo: University of Oslo Press, 1996.
38. “Les courants contemporains en ethique
feministe,” in Dictionnaire de
Philosophie Morale, Paris: Presses
Universitaires de France, 1996.
39. “Gender, Race and Difference: Individual Consideration vs. Group-Based
Affirmative Action in Admissions to Higher Education,” Southern Journal of Philosophy, XXXV Supplement, 1996.
__________ reprinted in Tina Chanter, ed., Rethinking Sex and Gender,
40. “Western Feminist Perspectives on
Prostitution,” Asian Journal of Women’s
Studies, 3:2 (1997).
41. “Regendering the