The maternal factor : two paths to morality / Nel Noddings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noddings, Nel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caring.

Motherhood--Moral and ethical aspects.

Motherhood.

Ethics, Evolutionary.

Feminist ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this provocative new book, renowned educator and philosopher Nel Noddings extends her influential work on the ethics of care toward a compelling objective-global peace and justice. She asks: If we celebrate the success of women becoming more like men in professional life, should we not simultaneously hope that men become more like women-in caring for others, rejecting violence, and valuing the work of caring both publicly and personally? Drawing on current work on evolution, and bringing concrete examples from women's lived experience to make a strong case for her position, Noddings answers this question by locating one source of morality in maternal instinct. She traces the development of the maternal instinct to natural caring and ethical caring, offering a preliminary sketch of what a care-driven concept of justice might look like. Finally, to advance the cause of caring, peace, and women's advancement, Noddings urges women to abandon institutional, patriarchal religion and to seek their own paths to spirituality.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

ONE. The Evolution of Morality

TWO. The Caring Relation

THREE. Ethical Caring and Obligation

FOUR. The Limits of Autonomy

FIVE. Relation, Virtue, and Religion

SIX. Emotions and Reason

SEVEN. Needs, Wants, and Interests

EIGHT. War and Violence

NINE. Convergence

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612764066

9781282764064

1282764063

9780520947801

0520947800

OCLC:

760826910