Bundeling van eerder en nog niet eerder gepubliceerde essays over vrouwen, liberalisme, sociale rechtvaardigheid, ethiek, vooroordelen, lesbisch bestaan en wetgeving en de relevantie van Antieke Griekse normen volgens Aristoteles en de Stoïcijnen. Bevat de volgende artikelen: Women and cultural universals; The feminist critique of liberalism; Religion and women's human rights; Judging other cultures: the case of genital mutilation; American women: preferences, feminism, democracy; Equity and mercy; A defense of lesbian and gay rights; Objectification; Rage and reason; Constructing love, desire, and care; "Whether from reason or prejudice": taking money for bodily services; Platonic love and Colorado law: the relevance of Ancient Greek norms to modern sexual controversies; Sex, truth, and solitude; sex, liberty, and economics; The window: knowledge of other minds in Virginia Woolf's To the lighthouse.