I think that both pornography and the imposition (common in some areas of the world) of a dress code on women are problematic.

The subject of feminism cannot be purely a fiction, as some postmodern writers suggest, produced by the discourses of power.

When it comes to deep and difficult ethical matters - such as the relation of an individual to God, or, I think, an individual caught up in the sublimity of a revolution then things are very different and the Kantian ethic is shown to be limited in its value.

Autonomy is the capacity to act on principles that are one's own and one will exercise this capacity by means of a process of rational reflection on these principles. Autonomy is thought to be necessary for attributing political responsibility.

I think that both pornography and the imposition (common in some areas of the world) of a dress code on women are problematic.

The universal basis for the categorisation 'woman' will, no doubt, be constantly shifting but it is important not to deny it's existence altogether. There is a partly biological basis for this identification. The 'nature' of woman may be conceptualised in the early Greek sense of a force or a power, in its turn shaped by forces outside it, rather than in terms of some set of properties.

Whatever the universal perspective one adopts, it is important to recognise that some form of universalism is politically and ethically necessary.