The Ethics of Care: Personal, Political, and Global

by Virginia Held

Book Overview

Virginia Held assesses the ethics of care as a promising alternative to the familiar moral theories that serve so inadequately to guide our lives. The ethics of care is only a few decades old, yet it is by now a distinct moral theory or normative approach to the problems we face. It is relevant to global and political matters as well as to the personal relations that can most clearly exemplify care.

This book clarifies just what the ethics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195325907
• ISBN13: 9780195325904
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"