The ethics of care : personal, political, and global / Virginia Held.
The author assesses the ethics of care as a promising alternative to the familiar moral theories that serve so inadequately to guide our lives. Held examines what we mean by care and focuses on caring relationships. She also looks at the potential of care for dealing with social issues and global pr...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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Summary: | The author assesses the ethics of care as a promising alternative to the familiar moral theories that serve so inadequately to guide our lives. Held examines what we mean by care and focuses on caring relationships. She also looks at the potential of care for dealing with social issues and global problems. |
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Physical Description: | viii, 211 pages ; 25 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780195180992 0195180992 9780195325904 0195325907 |