Virtue and Care in Modern Ethics
In this paper I compare two contemporary moral theories; virtue ethics and the ethics of care. They both reject traditional ethical positions – Kantian ethics and utilitarianism. Virtue ethics focuses on the question what person should I be, instead, as in the case of Kantian ethics and utilitariani...
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| description | In this paper I compare two contemporary moral theories; virtue ethics and the ethics of care. They both reject traditional ethical positions – Kantian ethics and utilitarianism. Virtue ethics focuses on the question what person should I be, instead, as in the case of Kantian ethics and utilitarianism, what should I do. It holds that value concepts (good, value) in contrary to deontological concepts (duty, obligation) are fundamental in ethical theory. Ethics of care, in rejecting a position based on justice, emphasises the role of care in human relations. It concentrates on personal relationships like love, friendship and charity. Virtue ethics emphasises the crucial role of individual character in moral life, whereas ethics of care holds that relations between people based on attentiveness, responsiveness and respect are the most important in moral life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-74e5dc5853874623b901fe5bce3d20982022-12-21T19:22:42ZengKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingRelacje Międzykulturowe2544-21392544-25462017-11-0112(2)10.12797/RM.01.2017.02.01Virtue and Care in Modern EthicsDariusz Juruś0Jagiellonian University, Kraków, PolandIn this paper I compare two contemporary moral theories; virtue ethics and the ethics of care. They both reject traditional ethical positions – Kantian ethics and utilitarianism. Virtue ethics focuses on the question what person should I be, instead, as in the case of Kantian ethics and utilitarianism, what should I do. It holds that value concepts (good, value) in contrary to deontological concepts (duty, obligation) are fundamental in ethical theory. Ethics of care, in rejecting a position based on justice, emphasises the role of care in human relations. It concentrates on personal relationships like love, friendship and charity. Virtue ethics emphasises the crucial role of individual character in moral life, whereas ethics of care holds that relations between people based on attentiveness, responsiveness and respect are the most important in moral life.https://journals.akademicka.pl/relacje/article/view/516virtuevaluecharactercarejustice |
| spellingShingle | Dariusz Juruś Virtue and Care in Modern Ethics Relacje Międzykulturowe virtue value character care justice |
| title | Virtue and Care in Modern Ethics |
| title_full | Virtue and Care in Modern Ethics |
| title_fullStr | Virtue and Care in Modern Ethics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Virtue and Care in Modern Ethics |
| title_short | Virtue and Care in Modern Ethics |
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