This book, an essential tool for anyone studying the state of feminist thought in particular or ethical theory in general, shows the outlines of an ethic of care in the distinctive practices of African American communities and considers how the values of care and justice can be reformulated.
Virginia Held is professor of philosophy and women's studies at Hunter College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York. She is the author of many articles and books on moral, political, and social theory, including Feminist Morality: Transforming Culture, Society and Politics Rights and Goods: Justifying Social Action and The Public Interest and Individual Interests. Virginia Held is professor of philosophy and women's studies at Hunter College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York. She is the author of many articles and books on moral, political, and social theory, including Feminist Morality: Transforming Culture, Society and Politics Rights and Goods: Justifying Social Action and The Public Interest and Individual Interests.
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Credits -- Introduction -- Delineations of Care -- Caring [1984] -- Moral Orientation and Moral Development [1987] -- The Need for More than Justice [1987] -- Doubts and Reservations -- Beyond Caring: The De-Moralization of Gender [1987] -- Gender and Moral Luck [1990] -- Extensions and Affirmations -- Women and Caring: What Can Feminists Learn About Morality from Caring? [1989] -- Black Women and Motherhood [1991] -- Moral Epistemologies -- Moral Understandings: Alternative “Epistemology” for a Feminist Ethics [1989] -- Feminist Moral Inquiry and the Feminist Future [1993] -- New Integrations -- Caring as a Feminist Practice of Moral Reason [1995] -- Injustice in Families: Assault and Domination [1995] -- About the book
