Frances Power Cobbe

Alison Stone (Lancaster University)

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Cambridge University Press
28 July 2022

Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900; Feminism & feminist theory

Series: Elements on Women in the History of Philosophy

This Element introduces the philosophy of Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904), a very well-known moral theorist, advocate of animal welfare and women's rights, and critic of Darwinism and atheism in the Victorian era. After locating Cobbe's achievements within nineteenth-century British culture, this Element examines her duty-based moral theory of the 1850s and then her 1860s accounts of duties to animals, women's rights, and the mind and unconscious thought. From the 1870s, in critical response to Darwin's evolutionary ethics, Cobbe put greater moral weight on the emotions, especially sympathy. She now criticised atheism for undermining morality, emphasised women's duties to develop virtues of character, and recommended treating animals with sympathy and compassion. The Element links Cobbe's philosophical arguments to her campaigns for women's rights and against vivisection, brings in critical responses from her contemporaries, explains how she became omitted from the history of philosophy, and shows the lasting importance of her work.

By: Alison Stone (Lancaster University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 130g
ISBN: 9781009160971
ISBN 10: 1009160974
Series: Elements on Women in the History of Philosophy
Pages: 75
Publication Date: 28 July 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; 1. Cobbe's Life, Writings, and Context; 2. Moral Theory; 3. Rights of Women; 4. The Claims of Animals; 5. Philosophy of Mind; 6. Criticisms of Evolutionary Ethics; 7. Heteropathy and Sympathy; 8. Against Atheism; 9. Duties of Women; 10. Anti-Vivisection and Zoophily; 11. How Cobbe Became Forgotten; Conclusion.

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Frances Power Cobbe

Alison Stone (Lancaster University)

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