The ethics of care and empathy /

The ethics of care and empathy /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Slote, Michael, 1941-
Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
Description:	xiv, 133 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Caring. Empathy. Feminist ethics. Caring. Empathy. Feminist ethics.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6614731

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ISBN:	9780415772006 (hardback) 0415772001 (hardback) 9780415772013 (pbk.) 041577201X (pbk.) 9780203945735 (e-book) 0203945735 (e-book)
Notes:	Includes index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Chapter 1. Caring Based in Empathy
1. The Ethics of Care
2. The Nature of Empathy
3. Empathy and the Morality of Abortion
Chapter 2. Our Obligations to Help Others
1. Immediacy and Distance
2. The Limits of Empathy and Obligation
Chapter 3. Deontology
1. Empathy and Harming
2. Property, Promising, and Truthfulness
Chapter 4. Autonomy and Empathy
1. Respect
2. Autonomy
Chapter 5. Care Ethics vs. Liberalism
1. Defining the Issues
2. Arguments against Liberalism
Chapter 6. Social Justice
1. The Empathy in Justice
2. Distributive Justice
Chapter 7. Caring and Rationality
1. is Morality Necessarily Rational?
2. Views of Practical Rationality
3. Rational Self-Concern and Instrumental Rationality
4. Caring vs. Self-Concern
Conclusion