Caring

Nel Noddings

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780520275706
• eBook ISBN: 9780520957343
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Gender Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

With numerous examples to supplement her rich theoretical discussion, Nel Noddings builds a compelling philosophical argument for an ethics based on natural caring, as in the care of a mother for her child.In Caring —now updated with a new preface and afterword reflecting on the ongoing relevance of the subject matter—the author provides a wide-ranging consideration of whether organizations, which operate at a remove from the caring relationship, can truly be called ethical. She discusses the extent to which we may truly care for plants, animals, or ideas. Finally, she proposes a realignment of education to encourage and reward not just rationality and trained intelligence, but also enhanced sensitivity in moral matters.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Preface to the 2013 Edition
• Preface to the 2003 Edition
• Introduction
• 1. Why Care about Caring?
• 2. The One-Caring
• 3. The Cared-For
• 4. An Ethic of Caring
• 5. Construction of the Ideal
• 6. Enhancing the Ideal: Joy
• 7. Caring for Animals, Plants, Things and Ideas
• 8. Moral Education
• Afterword
• Notes
• Select Bibliography
• Index