| Author(s) | Meena Krishnamurthy |
| Journal | Public Affairs Quarterly |
| Abstract | In this paper, I paper explore one concrete manifestation of the gender problem in philosophy: namely, the underrepresentation of women in elite ethics journals. After presenting existing data regarding the underrepresentation of women-authored papers in elite ethics journals, I give some reasons for favoring proportional representation. I conclude by discussing gender-based quotas as one potential avenue of ensuring proportional representation of women in elite ethics journals. I canvass the usual and obvious reasons that are given for immediately dismissing quotas and argue that these reasons do not hold. This suggests, at minimum, that gender-based quotas should not be outright dismissed as a potential (albeit partial) solution to the gender problem in philosophy and that quotas are deserving of more consideration. |
| Keywords | Elite Ethics Journals; Gender Disparity; Underrepresentation; Proportional Representation; Academic Publishing This content was generated by artificial intelligence using the text of the original work and reviewed by the author. |
| Date Published | April 2017 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 107-124 |
| DOI | https://www.jstor.org/stable/44732785 |
| Google Scholar Link | https://scholar.google.ca/scholar?cluster=10242816088460103786&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5 |
| Open Access? | No |
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