PHIL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Feminist Ethics, Fetus
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Heinz dilemma - heinz cannot afford to pay for the medicine his wife needs. Eleven-year-old jake"s response: jake: heinz should steal the drugs, because life is worth more than money. definitive answer, rational calculation, neutral standpoint, moral principles. Eleven-year-old amy"s response: if we talk with the pharmacist he"d understand and freely donate the drugs. no definitive answer, empathy and compassion, need to talk, seeks more information to understand situation. Carol gilligan: gilligan found that men and women use fundamentally different approaches to morality. A woman"s moral perspective is unique, not inferior to a man"s. And since men have dominated the discussion of moral theory, women"s perspective is often not taken seriously, and is considered to be less developed and sophisticated: women refuse to apply abstract principles, but focus on relationships. They reject moral dilemmas which pose unrealistic situations.
