Caring: a relational approach to ethics & moral education

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." --

First paperback printing 1986.--T.p. verso.

Previous edition published as: Caring : a feminine approach to ethics & moral education. 1984.

Preface to the 2013 edition -- Preface to the 2003 edition -- Introduction -- 1. Why care about caring?. The fundamental nature of caring ; What does it mean to care? ; Problems arising in the analysis of one-caring ; The cared-for ; Aesthetical caring ; Caring and acting ; Ethics and caring -- 2. The one-caring. Receiving ; Thinking and feeling: turning points ; Guilt and courage ; Women and caring ; Circles and chains ; Asymmetry and reciprocity in caring ; The ethical ideal and the ethical self ; Rules and conflicts -- 3. The cared-for. The one-caring's attitude and its effects ; Apprehension of caring necessary to the caring relationship: unequal meetings ; Reciprocity ; The ethics of being cared for -- 4. An ethic of caring. From natural to ethical caring ; Obligation ; Right and wrong ; The problem of justification ; Women and morality: virtue ; The toughness of caring -- 5. Construction of the ideal. The nature of the ideal ; Constraints and attainability ; Diminished ethical capacity ; Nurturing the ideal ; Maintaining the ideal -- 6. Enhancing the ideal: joy. Our basic reality and affect ; How should we describe emotion? ; Perception and emotion: the object of emotion and…