This compact anthology traces the exploration of the relationship between the ideals of justice and care—a discussion at the core of contemporary feminist ethics. In addition to compiling the most influential previously published work, Justice and Care offers two important new chapters by Alison Jaggar and Sara Ruddick.
When feminist philosophers first turned their attention to traditional ethical theory, its almost exclusive emphasis upon justice, rights, abstract rationality, and individual autonomy came under special criticism. Women’s experiences seemed to suggest the need for a focus on care, empathetic relations, and the interdependence of persons.The most influential readings of what has become an extremely lively and fruitful debate are reproduced here along with important new contributions by Alison Jaggar and Sara Ruddick. As this volume testifies, there is no agreement on the important questions about the relationship between justice and care, but the debate has deepened and enriched our understanding in many ways.Justice and Care is a valuable collection of readings—an essential tool for anyone studying the state of feminist thought in particular or ethical theory in general.
List of Credits ix Introduction 1(6) PART 1 DELINEATIONS OF CARE Caring 7(24) Nel Noddings Moral Orientation and Moral Development 31(16) Carol Gilligan The Need for More than Justice 47(14) Annette C. Baier PART 2 DOUBTS AND RESERVATIONS Beyond Caring: The De-Moralization of Gender 61(18) Marilyn Friedman Gender and Moral Luck 79(22) Claudia Card PART 3 EXTENSIONS AND AFFIRMATIONS Women and Caring: What Can Feminists Learn About Morality from Caring? 101(16) Joan C. Tronto Black Women and Motherhood 117(22) Patricia Hill Collins PART 4 MORAL EPISTEMOLOGIES Moral Understandings: Alternative ``Epistemology for a Feminist Ethics 139(14) Margaret Urban Walker Feminist Moral Inquiry and the Feminist Future 153(26) Virginia Held PART 5 NEW INTEGRATIONS Caring as a Feminist Practice of Moral Reason 179(24) Alison M. Jaggar Injustice in Families: Assault and Domination 203(22) Sara Ruddick About the Book 225(2) About the Contributors 227(2) Index 229
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.
