PHIL 336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Moral Evil, Nel Noddings
Document Summary
Carol gilligan is the catalyst in care feminism: ethics of care. Men"s emphasis of separation and autonomy leads them to develop a style of moral reasoning that stress justice fairness and rights: the framework in which we understand morality in the public spheres of debate. Omens emphasis on connections and relationships leads them to stress moral reasoning that involves wants, needs, and interests of particular people. Abstract versus concrete morals: mirrors male versus female morality. It is wrongly concluded that women are less morally developed than ,en: standards used to judge moral growth must be changed. Kohlberg"s awed design: male method of moral reasoning is made standard of moral reasoning. Gilligan thinks there needs to be a test without a gender bias: women"s moral strength lies in their ability to respond to people"s needs. #1: natural caring can morph into ethical caring. Ethical caring is a deliberate critical and re ective extension of natural caring.
