Rethinking Feminist Ethics: Care, Trust and Empathy

ISBN-13: 9780415180320 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 224 str.

Daryl Koehn

Opis

The question of whether there can be a distinctively female ethics is one of the debates in gender studies, philosophy and psychology today. This text examines these debates and seeks to bridge the ground between women theorists disenchanted with aspects of traditional ethics and traditional theories that insist upon the need for some ethical principles.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 An ethic of care; Chapter 2 An ethic of broad empathy; Chapter 3 An ethic of trust; Chapter 4 A dialogical ethic; Chapter 5 Conclusion;

O autorze

Daryl Koehn is Wicklander Chair of Professional Ethics at DePaul University, Chicago. She is the author of The Ground of Professional Ethics (Routledge).