features of care ethics

Question 1

focus on dependency

Answer 1

emphasizes the importance of acknowledging human dependency throughout different stages of life

Question 2

valuing emotions

Answer 2

Emotions like empathy and compassion are seen as essential to moral decision-making in care ethics, rather than being secondary to reason

Question 3

respecting relationships with particular others

Answer 3

acknowledges the moral importance of caring for specific individuals, such as family members or close friends, and how those unique relationships shape moral obligations

Question 4

rethinking the public and the private

Answer 4

calls for rethinking what is considered private (home and family life) and public (work, politics, etc.), suggesting that caregiving needs more attention and support in the public sphere as well.

Question 5

relational conception of the self

Answer 5

views the self not as an isolated, independent individual but as relational. Our identities are shaped by the relationships we form and maintain, and moral decisions are seen as arising from these relational contexts rather than from individual autonomy alone.