Description: Further DetailsTitle: Comprehending CareCondition: NewSubtitle: Problems and Possibilities in The Ethics of CareAuthor: Tove PettersenFormat: HardbackISBN-10: 0739126156EAN: 9780739126158ISBN: 9780739126158Publisher: Lexington BooksGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityRelease Date: 03/14/2008Description: American psychologist Carol Gilligan holds that dominant ethical theories, with their strong emphasis on rights and justice, fail to see how care is an indispensable part of moral life. This failure weakens their credibility as adequate, universal ethical theories. In Comprehending Care, Tove Pettersen investigates whether an ethics of care really does give voice to a normative perspective that traditional moral theory has disregarded. More specifically, she considers whether Carol Gilligan's own theoretical contribution is an ethical theory of care, and if it is likely to contribute to such a revised understanding. Pettersen argues that central elements in a consistent and justifiable ethics of care theory can in fact be extracted from her works, and is an ethics that to some extent challenges traditional ethical theories by revealing some of their ontological and epistemological inadequacies, such as tacit assumptions, unforeseen disturbing implications, and deficient moral categories. Within Gilligan's theoretical stance, Pettersen finds suggestions for necessary revisions to remedy the flawed or deficient understanding generated by traditional ethical theory. She argues, however, that Gilligan exaggerates her general critique of Western moral philosophy, and specifically of the "justice tradition," and she exposes how Gilligan's portrayal of this tradition is misguided in places, arguing that accommodating the concerns of justice is a central challenge, yet to be met, for an ethics of care.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 241mmItem Length: 160mmItem Width: 22mmItem Weight: 454gRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Comprehending Care
Title: Comprehending Care
Subtitle: Problems and Possibilities in The Ethics of Care
ISBN-10: 0739126156
EAN: 9780739126158
ISBN: 9780739126158
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Release Date: 03/14/2008
Release Year: 2008
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Number of Pages: 222 Pages
Publication Name: Comprehending Care : Problems and Possibilities in the Ethics of Care
Language: English
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2008
Subject: Social, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Mind & Body, Women's Health, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Developmental / General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Subject Area: Philosophy, Social Science, Health & Fitness, Psychology
Author: Tove Pettersen
Item Length: 9.5 in
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
