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The Ethics of Care and Empathy

By Michael Slote

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2007
ISBN
0415772001, 9780415772006, 9780203945735
LCC
BJ1475 .S59 2007
Open Library ID
OL10207817M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2035476 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
148\148
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

Eminent moral philosopher Michael Slote argues that care ethics presents an important challenge to other ethical traditions and that a philosophically developed care ethics should, and can, offer its own comprehensive view of the whole of morality. Taking inspiration from British moral sentimentalism and drawing on recent psychological literature on empathy, he shows that the use of that notion allows care ethics to develop its own sentimentalist account of respect, autonomy, social justice, and deontology. Furthermore, he argues that care ethics gives a more persuasive account of these topics than theories offered by contemporary Kantian liberalism. The most philosophically rich and challenging exploration of the theory and practice of care to date, The Ethics of Care and Empathy also shows the manifold connections that can be drawn between philosophical issues and leading ideas in the fields of psychology, education, and women's studies.

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