Ethics of Care

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Ethics o f Care The role of human relationship and interdependence is a significant consideration for the requirement of human obligation to one another which which is to say that the ethics of care is deontological ethical system. The ethics of care is a normative ethical theory -what makes actions morally right or wrong. Nodding proposition focuses on ethical caring as the most tangible way of moral dilemma evaluation as compared to ethics of justice ("What is ETHICS OF CARE? What does ETHICS OF CARE mean? ETHICS OF CARE meaning & explanation", 2017) The ethics of care Similarly highlights the importance of relationship and actual experiences when being confronted by a moral dilemma. It focuses on personal, individual connectedness to other people which is brought about by care and benevolence. - on feelings of love rather than on impartiality. It is based on human relationships and leads which defines good as meeting the needs of others and preserving and enriching relationships. Giligan have shed light into this matter by bringing about her research. She stated that ethics of care is a theory where everyone is heard, and anyone can listen to a moral conflict of an individual. (Giligan,2013) Being responsive to relationship is the main focus of this theory and the negative side of losing that connection, that relationship with the people around you. This theory is more psychological than mathematical which means that this is subjective and highly depends upon an individual. Ethics of care is a cluster of theories that were developed by feminists and has been described as a feminine morality because women in all societies are the child barriers and consequently seem to have a greater sensitivity to issues of care. It is founded in a natural human response to care for a newborn child, the ill, and the hurt. Theorists Sara Ruddick, Virginia Held, and Eva Feder Kittay were critical of how society attributed care to gender by placing much relevance on caring obligations should be the responsibility of both men and women ("What is ETHICS OF CARE? What does ETHICS OF CARE mean? ETHICS OF CARE meaning & explanation", 2017). There are similarities in the ethics of care idea and morals derived from natural human impulses of compassion. In an ethical system based on care, we would be concerned with issues of needs rather than rights Certainly, the restorative justice movement is consistent with the ethics of care
because of its emphasis on the motives and needs of all concerned, rather than simply retribution. In personal relationships, the ethics of care would promote empathy and treating others in a way that does not hurt them. In this view, meeting the needs is more important than securing rights. For instance, our doctors and researchers are busy right now to be able to find the cure that will end the spread of the virus. Most doctors have a high possibility of getting the virus, but they do now want to stop what they are doing because they deeply care for the people they serve. Thus, they are showing care and empathy or the ethics of care. The nurses as well as nurses’ aides are relentlessly continuing to care for patients affected by the virus despite the risk involve because they also care for the people they serve. Contrary to most of the theories, the ethics of care says that morality demands that we pay attention to the special relationships we have in our lives. The ethics of care says that morality goes wrong when we emphasize impartiality, because it is our most caring relationships that make our lives worthwhile It is being sensitive about our relationship and connectiveness with others that raise concern about justice and carelessness. So, ethicists of care often reason that even though we might have a general love for humanity itself, you just cannot beat the unconditional love that we only have for the people we know best, the ones with whom we share and intimacy that we simply cannot feel with strangers. (Giligan,2013). However, many ethicists worry that showing preference for the people you happen to like opens the door for prejudice. Because it is easy to be kind to people you like - you do not need morality to tell you that. The hard part is being kind to people you do not like or who are different from you or who you simply do not know or understand very well. It would be great if everyone had a support network of people who loved them so we would just all take care of our own loved ones and life would be perfect. But the problem is there are a lot of people who are not lucky enough to have support networks of care, and there are others who have people who care about them, but their loved ones lack the resources actually provide for them. If we rely on ethics of care, it looks like those people will get neglected. Another instance wherein the ethics of care is not applied, a woman always see that her parents are fighting. She does not know what to do because if she tries to get in between, it will cause her more trouble not just for her, but for her parents also. It might be a problem for her parents, but her parents have forgotten that they are ruining the life of their daughter. It gives her deep emotional pain that prevents her from focusing on her life. So, her
parents are not showing care for they even want to fight in front of their daughter. Instead of talking in a better way, they would resort to shouting and physical fights which could possibly endanger the identity of the woman. Ethics of care is vital in every aspect. It also teaches how one ought to act to achieve the best in life without compromising the sake of other people around him or her. Furthermore, it links morality and explains that our relationship with other people helps us to identify our own personalities. It is our inherent nature as human beings to be responsive toward other people's emotions. Thus, the connection we create could either make or break our personality. Care among ourselves and the feeling of being related to someone gives us an assurance that we are not alone because we have a relationship where benevolence is shared. Aside from that, as we long to cooperate with other people we should sometimes ask why we lose our empathy? This theory is about having an equality when it comes to having our own voices and treated with respect. Lastly, (Giligan,2013) said that ethics of care will lead us to be free from patriarchal way of thinking (men hold the power while women are excluded) and we will be able to realize a community that is better served by equality. Therefore, as ethics of care is based upon the morality of an action rather than the consequences of an action, it is considered deontological ethical system. Teleological ethics is an ethical system bases its judgments on consequences or outcomes. Teleological ethics present a more realistic way of looking at ethics. Conversely, Deontological ethics is an ethics system which judges whether an action is right or wrong according to some form of moral law. The principal difference between the two is that deontological theories do not appeal to value considerations in establishing ethical standards, while teleological theories do. Deontological theories use the concept of their inherent rightness in establishing such standards, while teleological theories consider the goodness or value brought into being by actions as the principal criterion of their ethical value. In other words, a deontological approach calls for doing certain things on principle or because they are inherently right, whereas a teleological approach advocates that certain kinds of actions are right because of the goodness of their consequences. Therefore, in connection to that, the Ethics of Care is a deontological ethical system because it requires that people have an inherent obligation for other people in need and since it takes into consideration the critically important role of human relationships and interdependency. The ethics of care is a distinctive approach to moral theory that emphasizes the importance of
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