The Life of Mary Wollstonecroft and the Principles of Conduct Put Forward in "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"

Stephen Carruthers

doi:10.21427/d7dj26

The Life of Mary Wollstonecroft and the Principles of Conduct Put Forward in "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"

Stephen Carruthers

School of Social Sciences, Law, and Education

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This paper examines the life of Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), the wife of the philosopher William Goodwin and mother of Mary Shelley author of Frankenstein, through the prism of the principles of conduct set out in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman that Mary Wollstonecraft wrote over the period 1790 to 1792. In particular the paper focuses on the role of reason, virtue, and knowledge developed in A Vindication in establishing principles of conduct and the extent to which Mary’s own conduct can be reconciled with the precepts she advocated.

Original language	English
Publisher	Technological University Dublin
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21427/d7dj26
Publication status	Published - 2009

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