Philosopher's Zone Care ethics
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Nov 7, 2021 Explore the concept of care ethics and its importance in moral decision making, highlighting the significance of vulnerability, interdependence, and individual relationships. Delve into the contrast between care ethics and other moral traditions like Kantian philosophy, consequentialism, and virtue ethics. Discuss the intersection of care ethics and feminism, addressing critiques and debates on its universality. Examine the influence of care ethics in shaping responses to the pandemic, emphasizing compassion, empathy, and support.
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Vulnerability As Moral Starting Point
- Care ethics begins from human vulnerability and interdependence as central moral facts.
- It reframes moral life around meeting others' material and emotional needs rather than abstract rationality.
Principles Need Particular Application
- Care ethics resists rigid universal rules like Kantian maxims about lying or stealing.
- It endorses general guidance (care) but requires tuning to particular situations and relationships.
People Aren't Just Welfare Containers
- Care ethics values consequences but objects to treating people as interchangeable welfare receptacles.
- Special dependencies create moral reasons that can outweigh aggregate-consequence calculations.