Virginia Held (1929-2026) (opens in new tab)

Virginia Held, professor emerita of philosophy at the City University of New York and an influential figure in ethics and social and political philosophy, has died. Professor Held is especially well known for her work on the ethics of care and feminist philosophy. She is the author of several books, including The Public Interest and Individual Interests (1970), Rights and Goods: Justifying Social Action (1989), Feminist Morality: Transforming Culture, Society, and Politics (2005), The Ethics ...