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In The Ethics of Care (2006), Held demonstrates the relevance of care ethics to political, social and global questions. Conceptualizing care as a cluster of practices and values, she describes a caring person as one who has appropriate motivations to care for others and who participates adeptly in effective caring practices.
In part I of this book, I develop the ethics of care as a moral theory or approach to moral issues. In part II I explore the implications of the ethics of care for political, social, and global questions, considering also how such at-tempts to use the theory should allow in turn for improvements in it.
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Dec 1, 2005 · The book examines the central ideas, characteristics, and potential importance of the ethics of care. It discusses the feminist roots of this moral approach and why the ethics of care can be a morality with universal appeal. The book explores what is meant by “care” and what a caring person is like.
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Jun 4, 2006 · Held argues that the ethics of care is more promising than Kantian ethics or utilitarianism because of its central values, and the ways in which it constrains markets. Most importantly, Held raises some concerns about the limits of rights-based political discourse, and proposes that we focus on care in order to overcome such limits.
The ethics of care: personal, political, and global. Virginia Held. New York: Oxford University Press ( 2006 ) Copy BIBTEX. Abstract. Virginia Held assesses the ethics of care as a promising alternative to the familiar moral theories that serve so inadequately to guide our lives.
Nov 23, 2010 · The ethics of care : personal, political, and global. by. Held, Virginia. Publication date. 2006. Topics. Caring, Feminist ethics, Ethics, Feminism, Empathy, Zorg, Ethiek, Humanité (Morale), Éthique féministe, Helfende Beziehung, Feministische Ethik. Publisher. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. Collection.
Virginia Potter Held (born October 28, 1929) is an American moral, social/political and feminist philosopher whose work on the ethics of care sparked significant research into the ethical dimensions of providing care for others and critiques of the traditional roles of women in society.
