Socializing Care: Feminist Ethics and Public Issues

Criticism is often levied that care ethics is too narrow in scope and fails to extend to issues of social justice. Socializing Care attempts to dispel that criticism. Contributors to the volume demonstrate how the ethics of care factors into a variety of social policies and institutions, and can indeed be useful in thinking about a number of different social problems. Divided into two sections, the first looks at care as a model for an evaluative framework that rethinks social institutions, liberal society, and citizenship at a basic conceptual level. The second explores care values in the context of specific social practices (like live kidney donations) or settings (like long-term care), as a framework that should guide thinking. Ultimately, this collection demonstrates how society would benefit from a more serious engagement with care ethics.

Author: Maurice Hamington
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 01/10/2006
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780742550407
ISBN10: 0742550400
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
- Social Science | Human Services

About the Author
Maurice Hamington is assistant professor of philosophy at University of Southern Indiana. Dorothy C. Miller is Director, Center of Women and Visiting Associate Professor, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University.