caa a22 4500 605485518 CHVBK 20210128100441.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10551-014-2185-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10551-014-2185-9 Cudd Ann University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA aut Is Capitalism Good for Women? [Elektronische Daten] [Ann Cudd] This paper investigates an aspect of the question of whether capitalism can be defended as a morally legitimate economic system by asking whether capitalism serves progressive, feminist ends of freedom and gender equality. I argue that although capitalism is subject to critique for increasing economic inequality, it can be seen to decrease gender inequality, particularly in traditional societies. Capitalism brings technological and social innovations that are good for women, and disrupts traditions that subordinate women in materially beneficial and socially progressive ways. Capitalism upholds the ideology of individual rights and the ideal of mutual advantage. By institutionalizing mutual advantage through the logic of voluntary exchange, progressive capitalism promotes the idea that no one is to be expected to sacrifice their interests with no expectation of benefit. Thus capitalism opposes the traditional, sexist ideal of womanly self-sacrifice. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Capitalism nationallicence Feminism nationallicence Ethics of capitalism nationallicence Inequality nationallicence Tradition nationallicence Innovation nationallicence Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 127/4(2015-04-01), 761-770 0167-4544 127:4<761 2015 127 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2185-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2185-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Cudd Ann University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 127/4(2015-04-01), 761-770 0167-4544 127:4<761 2015 127 10551