Ethics of Care
Virginia Held · 2006 CE
Excerpt
“The ethic of care rejects the idea that justice is the primary moral concept, insisting instead on relationship, responsibility and the particular. (paraphrase of the 2006 book)”
Why the atlas keeps it
Held develops the care perspective into a full ethical position and argues against the priority claim of justice: obligations arise inside particular relationships, are partial, and are not derivable from general principles. The book that made partiality respectable in moral theory. The excerpt below paraphrases Held's thesis rather than quoting the 2006 book.
Terms this text reaches for
Ranked by the codex search index against the summary above, not hand-picked.
Care ethics
ethicsObligations arise inside relationships, are partial, and resist general principles.
Care versus justice
philosophyThe standing debate over whether obligation is built from relationships or from impartial rules.
Original position
philosophyThe hypothetical forum at which principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.
Moral luck
ethicsCircumstances outside your control that determine how moral you are judged to be.
Moral patient
ethicsAn entity that can be benefited or harmed but is not a moral agent.
Moral status
ethicsThe property of counting as a party that can be owed something and can be wronged.