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Seeing Oneself through the Eyes of the Other: Asymmetrical Reciprocity and Self-respect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Marguerite La Caze
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Abstract

Iris Marion Young argues we cannot understand others’ experiences by imagining ourselves in their place or in terms of symmetrical reciprocity (1997a). For Young, reciprocity expresses moral respect and asymmetry arises from people's greatly varying life histories and social positions. La Caze argues there are problems with Young's articulation of asymmetrical reciprocity in terms of wonder and the gift. By discussing friendship and political representation, she shows how taking self-respect into account complicates asymmetrical reciprocity.

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Hypatia , Volume 23 , Issue 3: Special Issue: In Honor of Iris Marion Young: Theorist and Practitioner of Justice , September 2008 , pp. 118 - 135
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Copyright © 2008 by Hypatia, Inc.

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