What is care ethics and why is it important?
Normatively, care ethics seeks to maintain relationships by contextualizing and promoting the well-being of care-givers and care-receivers in a network of social relations. Most often defined as a practice or virtue rather than a theory as such, “care” involves maintaining the world of, and meeting the needs of, ourself and others.
What are some examples of care ethics?
In addition to the above topics, care ethics has been applied to a number of timely ethical debates, including reproductive technology, homosexuality and gay marriage, capital punishment, political agency, hospice care, and HIV treatment, as well as aspects of popular culture, such as the music of U-2 and The Sopranos.
What is care-based ethics?
The care provided by the giver is determined by the desires of the receiver, the needs of the receiver, the capabilities of the giver, and the commitment of the giver. Care-based ethics has impacted more than feminist theory and feminist ethics of care.