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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788998603321

Autore

Noddings Nel

Titolo

The maternal factor [[electronic resource] ] : two paths to morality / / Nel Noddings

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-76406-3

9786612764066

0-520-94780-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Disciplina

171/.7

Soggetti

Caring

Motherhood - Moral and ethical aspects

Ethics, Evolutionary

Feminist ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.