PHIL 2500 Lecture Notes - Audre Lorde, Kantianism, Rationality
22 Apr 2013
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Rooted in male bias ethical care-can help develop traditional moral theory- missing from traditional interconnectivity, ethic of care, paying attention to people not abstract. Those relational bonds, needed to have moral justification. Who connects- audre lorde- dismantling the masters home- connectivity. Moral significant is formed in direct relationship with others. A moral theory needs to address human emotions. If it"s based on individual human emotion for her its fluid. Utilitarian- acting to create the greatest good, least harm for the most population. Ethic of care looks at the individual case. Pay attention to particular people. the issues at stake. So the stakes can be genuinely felt, not abstractly theorized. Moral significance is found in relationships, connections with others. It has referred to as an indirect , empathetic and even a narrative mode . The subject is separate from others (i. e. autonomy); With thought experiments- place the decision-maker as close as possible to.
