Care and Commitment : Taking the Personal Point of View.
Title:
Care and Commitment : Taking the Personal Point of View.
Author:
Blustein, Jeffrey.
ISBN:
9780195361803
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (284 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Caring -- 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 -- Part II: Integrity -- 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 -- Part III: Intimacy -- 14. Caring About Others -- 15. Personal and Nonpersonal Relations -- 16. Love and Friendship -- 17. Particularity and Irreplaceability -- 18. The Value of Individuals -- 19. Morality and Personal Relations -- 20. Conclusion: Intimacy and Integrity -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
This book 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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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