The ethics of care and empathy /

"In The Ethics of Care and Empathy, eminent moral philosopher Michael Slote argues that care ethics presents an important challenge to other ethical traditions and that a philosophically developed care ethics should, and can, offer its own comprehensive view of the whole of morality. Taking ins...

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Main Author: Slote, Michael, 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
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Summary:"In The Ethics of Care and Empathy, eminent moral philosopher Michael Slote argues that care ethics presents an important challenge to other ethical traditions and that a philosophically developed care ethics should, and can, offer its own comprehensive view of the whole of morality. Taking inspiration from British moral sentimentalism and drawing on recent psychological literature on empathy, he shows that the use of that notion allows care ethics to develop its own sentimentalist account of respect, autonomy, social justice, and deontology. Furthermore, he argues that care ethics gives a more persuasive account of these topics than theories offered by contemporary Kantian liberalism."--Jacket.
Physical Description:xiv, 133 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780415772006
0415772001
9780415772013
041577201X
9780203945735
0203945735