PHIL-386 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Deontological Ethics, Consequentialism
7 May 2020
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Ethic of care: the ethic of care arose from feminist critiques of male biases in traditional moral theory (claims of a difference b/w male and female point of view). Western moral theory has been the story of white guys telling us how all human beings should reason and act (aristotle, kant, mill, in particular). The opinions of the human race have been ignored or devalued: women"s moral experience is different form men"s in relation to bearing and raising children, to sexuality, to education, to the workplace. A male-dominated approach does not adequately capture the female point of view: feminist critiques of the 3 big theories: But, virtues are only suitable under certain situations: care ethicists argue that aristotle"s theory was paternalistic, hierarchical, and chauvinist, central tenets of feminist ethics: We"re embedded in social relations (voluntary and involuntary) through which we define ourselves.
