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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795748603321

Autore

Blustein Jeffrey

Titolo

Care and commitment : taking the personal point of view / / Jeffrey Blustein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991

ISBN

9780195361803

0195361806

1-4237-9998-4

0-19-536180-6

0-19-985289-8

1-280-52555-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 pages)

Disciplina

179/.9

Soggetti

Caring

Integrity

Intimacy (Psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-266) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. The Importance of Caring and Caring about What Is Important; 2. What Caring Is; 3. Caring and Personal and Impersonal Value; 4. The Good of Care; 5. Caring about Caring; 6. Williams and Integrity; 7. Integrity and Self-Indulgence; 8. Wholes and Unities; 9. Lack of Integrity; 10. Integrity and Practical Necessity; 11. Integrity: Form and Content; 12. Integrity and the Unity of a Life; 13. Integrity and Self-Transformation; 14. Caring About Others; 15. Personal and Nonpersonal Relations; 16. Love and Friendship; 17. Particularity and Irreplaceability. 18. The Value of Individuals19. Morality and Personal Relations; 20. Conclusion: Intimacy and Integrity; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Blustein presents the first study of an ethics of care, offering a detailed exploration of human "care" in its various guises: concern for and commitment to individuals, ideals, and causes. Blustein focuses on the nature and value of personal integrity and intimacy, and on the questions they raise for traditional moral theory. Among the



topics considered are: what is the nature of caring as such? what do we (and should we) care about? what is implied by the claim that caring supports a sense of the meaningfulness of our lives?