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Virginia Held - The Ethics of Care: Personal, Political, Global - 9780195325904 - V9780195325904
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The Ethics of Care: Personal, Political, Global

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Description for The Ethics of Care: Personal, Political, Global Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
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 of care is: what its characteristics are, what it holds, and what it enables us to do. It discusses the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
341g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195325904
SKU
V9780195325904
Shipping Time
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About Virginia Held
Virginia Held is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York Graduate School and author of Rights and Goods: Justifying Social Action and Feminist Morality: Transforming Culture, Society, and Politics.

Reviews for The Ethics of Care: Personal, Political, Global
"Virginia Held's theory of care is no less substantial than John Rawls' theory of justice. Her probing and engaging analysis of caring values, virtues, actions, and attitudes will become a classic in moral theory."
Rosemarie Tong, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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