Gilligan and complexity: reinterpreting the “ethic of care”
In In a different voice (1982) Carol Gilligan argues for an “ethic of care”, which she links to a “moral voice” of women. This stance has been criticised as being essentialist and reinforcing gender stereotypes. This article, however, argues that the concept of an ethic of care could be a creative...
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In In a different voice (1982) Carol Gilligan argues for an “ethic of care”, which she links to a “moral voice” of women. This stance has been criticised as being essentialist and reinforcing gender stereotypes. This article, however, argues that the concept of an ethic of care could be a creative way of approaching ethics in a complex social system. Its position is supported by arguments from deconstruction discourses.
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| spelling | doaj.art-93a01c500d3a4b02890aac257af976272024-03-18T11:07:48ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Academica0587-24052415-04792004-12-0136310.38140/aa.v36i3.836Gilligan and complexity: reinterpreting the “ethic of care”Yvonne Malan0Paul Cilliers1University of StellenboschUniversity of Stellenbosch In In a different voice (1982) Carol Gilligan argues for an “ethic of care”, which she links to a “moral voice” of women. This stance has been criticised as being essentialist and reinforcing gender stereotypes. This article, however, argues that the concept of an ethic of care could be a creative way of approaching ethics in a complex social system. Its position is supported by arguments from deconstruction discourses. http://196.255.246.28/index.php/aa/article/view/836 |
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