Caring A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education

Name: Caring A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education
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ISBN: 9780520238640

ISBN-10: 0520238648

ISBN-13: 9780520238640

Edition: 2nd 2003

Authors: Nel Noddings

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What is at the basis of moral action? An altruism acquired by the application of rule and principle? Or, as Noddings asserts, caring and the memory of being cared for? With numerous examples to supplement her rich theoretical discussion, Noddings builds a compelling philosophical argument for an ethics based on natural caring, as in the care of a mother for her child. The ethical behavior that grows out of natural caring, and has as its core care-filled receptivity to those involved in any moral situation, leaves behind the rigidity of rule and principle to focus on what is particular and unique in human relations. Noddings's discussion is wide-ranging, as she considers whether…

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List price: $31.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 6/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 236
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface to the Second Edition


Introduction



Why Care About Caring?



The One-Caring



The Cared-for



An Ethic of Caring



Construction of the Ideal



Enhancing the Ideal: Joy



Caring for Animals, Plants, Things and Ideas



Moral Education


Notes


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Index