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Chapter 9: Feminine Thought and
the Ethics of Care
Gender differences in moral
perspectives and moral reasoning
 Is there a feminine morality – an ethics
of caring or care?
 The contrast of typical female moral
perspective and typical male moral
perspective
 Psychological views of the difference
between men and women’s moral
views
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Chapter 9: Continued
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Three key questions
- Is there a gender difference in
morality?
- What is the source of feminine
morality?
- Is one side better or more developed
than the other?
Chapter 9: Continued
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Feminist thought
- Based on care of unequals
- Women are not the opposite of men
- The views of the women’s movement
Chapter 9: Continued
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Evaluation of feminist thought and the
ethics of care
- Mothering
- Is promoting feminine traits
detrimental to the benefit of women?
- How do we determine what will help
or harm particular individuals?
Chapter 9: Continued
Reading – “Caring”
 The challenge to capture the feminine
approach to caring.
 Women enter the domain of viewing
and perceiving life situations
 What does it mean to care and be
cared for?
Chapter 9: Continued
Reading – “Caring”
 Two views
- The one-caring
- The one cared for
• A key of the perspective is the
foundation of relation
Chapter 9: Continued
Reading – “The Need for More than
Justice”
 Justice is a social value of great
importance
• “Care” is the new buzzword
• Gilligan’s perspectives on females and
their naturalness to care giving.
• Gilligan’s contrasting views about the
development of women
Chapter 9: Continued
Reading – “The Need for More than
Justice”
 The values of the Kantians were the
values of the oppressors of women
 Should women pursue their own
values within the framework of liberal
morality?
 The best moral theory is a cooperative
product between men and women.