According to held, feminist theories of self pit humans against one another in competition relate the individual to universal humankind examine what it means to be a woman in a horrific male-dominated world see the self as related to specific humans in relationship

Virginia Held is one of the leading feminist philosophers.

According to Held, feminist theories of self as related to specific humans in relationship.

Virginia Held has explained this in his article "The Concept of Self". She has also introduced a new approach to morality in her book "The ethics of care".