Care and commitment : taking the personal point of view /
In this book, Blustein presents the first study of an ethics of care, offering a detailed exploration of human "care" in its various guises: concern for and commitment to individuals, ideals, and causes. Blustein focuses on the nature and value of personal integrity and intimacy, and on th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1991.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In this book, Blustein presents the first study of an ethics of care, offering a detailed exploration of human "care" in its various guises: concern for and commitment to individuals, ideals, and causes. Blustein focuses on the nature and value of personal integrity and intimacy, and on thequestions they raise for traditional moral theory. Among the topics considered are: what is the nature of caring as such? what do we (and should we) care about? what is implied by the claim that caring supports a sense of the meaningfulness of our lives? how does caring benefit the one who caresand what i. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 273 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-266) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423799984 9781423799986 0195361806 9780195361803 9780195067996 0195067991 128052555X 9781280525551 9780199852895 0199852898 |