Philosophy Reaction/Journal: The Ethics of Care

Philosophy Reaction/Journal: The Ethics of Care
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Philosophy Reaction/Journal: The Ethics of Care
In her text “The Virtue of Care,” Virginia Held, a Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, develops “the ethics of care” model, which some philosophers have classified it as a form of virtue ethics. However, she proposes that ethics of care is a more promising alternative to the common ethical theories such as utilitarianism, Kantian ethics, and virtue theory that serve so inadequately to provide guidelines in life. While the ethics of care has been around for a few decades, it has become part of standalone normative approach or moral theory used to solve problems in society. For instance, the approach is relevant in political and global matters as well as in applications t...