ethic of care
collocation in Englishmeaningsofethicandcare
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ethic
noun
uk/ˈeθ.ɪk/us/ˈeθ.ɪk/
a system of accepted beliefs that control behaviour, especially such a system based ...
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care
noun
uk/keər/us/ker/
the process of protecting someone or something and providing what that person or ...
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(Definition ofethicandcarefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofethic of care
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For example, can theethicofcarebe easily incorporated into legislation, or might it ultimately be too discretionary to capture within legal rules?
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Moreover, theethicofcarecontinues to be shaped primarily by traditional gender divisions, reflecting 'the prevailing beliefs of a still largely maternalistic society'.
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My only slight reservation is around the notion of a 'feminine 'ethicofcare.
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Rather than emphasising the negative (' burdensome ') features of care, a discourse on the ' ethicofcare' emphasised its socially positive and desirable features.
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Anethicofcareavoids making assumptions about what relationships work and which ones should be preserved.
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Finally, theethicofcarewould put care at the centre of how we understand children.
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It is thus important to acknowledge that, like protectionism and children's rights, anethicofcaremay also develop flaws in practice.
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The latter factor is particularly relevant to anethicofcare.
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Finally, how might we ensure that anethicofcarenot become an excuse to impose further caregiving responsibilities on women?
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Most significantly in the context of family law, anethicofcarewould not impose any particular family relationship model on children.
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Anethicofcarerequires that we start from the standpoint of the one needing care.
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I do not, however, see justice - a virtue that by definition is relational - as inconsistent with anethicofcare.
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For example, how might anethicofcareeffect education law, immigration and refugee law, or juvenile justice?
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However, more work needs to be done on how conceptualising the child through anethicofcaremight translate into a practical legal setting.
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They argue that anethicofcareoffers a more appropriate way in which to conceptualise the child than the models that have preceded it.
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Secondly, does conceptualising the child through anethicofcaremake sense outside of family law?
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While she does state that theethicofcareis disproportionately the ethic of women, she does not argue that anethicofcareis inherently female.
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Anethicofcareunderstands children through their relationships, grounds decision-making in the actual circumstances of children's lives, and emphasises the importance of the activity of care.
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Instead, she pointed to the problem of presuming that there is only one path to moral development - the ethic of justice - and that theethicofcareis inferior.
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