The Ethics of Care and Empathy (Hardcover)

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. Michael Slote's use of the notion of empathy also allows him to provide care ethics with its first full-scale account of moral education, and he shows that the often-voiced suspicion that care ethics supports the status quo and is counterproductive to feminist goals is actually the very opposite of the truth. A care ethics that takes empathy seriously can say what is wrong with patriarchal ideas and institutions in a highly persuasive and forward-looking way.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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2007
First published:	2008
Authors:	Michael Slote
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	146
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-77200-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Nursing
LSN:	0-415-77200-1
Barcode:	9780415772006

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