Exam 8: Feminist Ethics and the Ethics of Care

Feminist ethics narrows the area of moral concern from what we call "public life" to the interconnected and familiar small group-the people with whom we have close personal relationships.

Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of ideal theories of ethics that feminist thinkers have criticized?

Virginia Held insists that moralities built on the image of the independent, autonomous, rational individual are clear and powerful ways of thinking about ethics.

Julie considers herself an advocate of feminist ethics. Therefore, she should

Feminist ethics is a moral theory.

________ is an approach to ethics focused on women's interests and experiences.

The ethics of care is a perspective on ethics that highlights the

Annette C. Baier argues that in moral theory there is a place for both

All feminist ethicists reject the traditional role played by principles in moral reasoning.

Unlike Kant, who maintained that reason is all that is necessary for making moral decisions, feminist ethicists insist that emotion should play a role, too.

The role played in moral theories of the principle of ________, which says that from the moral point of view, all persons are considered equal and should be treated accordingly, is called into question by feminist ethicists.

The psychologist Carol Gilligan upended the belief that men and women think in radically different ways when making moral decisions when she argued that men and women think in exactly the same ways about morality.

The most obvious example of a relationship that is the focus of the ethics of care would be

Carol Gilligan calls the approach to ethics that focuses on being aware of people's feelings, needs, and viewpoints

One hard fact that feminist ethicists are responding to is that, even today, most women in the world are viewed as

One of the implications of assuming an idealized view of human beings is that one is unable to

Most of the great ethical theorists of the past have assumed that women are morally inferior to men-that is, less mature, less important, and less rational than men.

Carol Gilligan called the approach to morality that emphasized rights and rules over caring and relationships an ethic of ________.

Franco has decided he wants to adopt the ethics of care. He is now deliberating about whether to voice a controversial view during a get-together with his family. In order to apply the ethics of care, he should focus more on how

The ethics of care might be thought of as an essential element of virtue ethics.