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Comprehending care : problems and possibilities in the ethics of care / Tove Pettersen.
- Title
- Comprehending care : problems and possibilities in the ethics of care / Tove Pettersen.
- Author
- Pettersen, Tove, 1973-
- Publication
- Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2008.
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| Text | Request in advance | HQ1206 .P439 2008 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvii, 203 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "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 demonstrates that central elements in a consistent and justifiable ethics of care theory can in fact be extracted from her works. Comprehending Care is appropriate for upper level students and researchers in philosophy and ethics."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-196) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- ch. 1. The perspective of care -- ch. 2. Gender issues and criticism -- ch. 3. Normative foundations and formal features -- ch. 4. Care, cognition, and emotions -- ch. 5. Care and traditional moral theory -- ch. 6. Care and justice -- ch. 7. Distributing mature care -- ch. 8. Conditional care -- ch. 9. Why care? Ethical justification of thick care -- ch. 10. The circles of care -- Bibliography -- Index.
- ISBN
- 9780739126158 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0739126156 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780739126165 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0739126164 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2007045645
- OCLC
- 181368739
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library