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I've read several times about some "care ethics", but I'm still not sure what exactly is it about: seems like a part of an ethical theory rather than a complete system, but I really don't know. What is it, exactly, and what can I read to get a somewhat general (but deep) acount? Thanks, TT PS: please excuse my English, I'm from Argentina.
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May 27, 2009

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Jennifer Church
June 4, 2009 (changed June 4, 2009) Permalink

I would recommend a very readable but also very serious book called Caring, by Nell Noddings (University of California, 1984).

An attitude of caring has often been considered to be an important part of being ethical -- one virtue among many. Nodding and other care-theorists, however, want to put caring at the center of ethics; and they do build a system-of-sorts around this attitude. One interesting aspect of her view is its accommodation of the notion that we owe the most to those we care about the most -- as opposed to those most in need, for example.

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