Ethics Chapter 9 Study Set – Flashcards

Ethics of care does not tell us how we are to determine what will help or harm particular individuals.

Traditional moral philosophy has been favorable to women as evidenced by the views of Rousseau and Aristotle.

Michael Slote is quoted as stating that in many cultures caring behaviors are ascribed to both men and women. In which culture are they seen as feminine?

According to Freud, women are morally deficient because of a focus on

For Sara Ruddick, "maternal thinking"

Both Carol Gilligan and Lawrence Kohlberg determined that their individual research supported the idea that females and males have a different kind of ethics because of different moral language and moral reasoning used by each gender.

Caroline Whitbeck argues the difference between male and female morality lies in male and female reproductive capacities and experiences.

According to ethics of care, the female moral perspective takes a more universal and impartial standpoint in reasoning about what is morally good and bad.

One of the basic issues involved in trying to decide whether one type of moral perspective is better than another is that it is difficult to discern whether the male and female moral perspectives are mutually exclusive to one another.

Ethics of care argues that there is a female moral perspective that contrasts sharply with the male moral perspective.

One reason why male and female morality may differ from each other is biological differences between males and females.

Psychologist Carol Gilligan interviewed both male and female subjects and found there was no difference in their moral reasoning.

Some questions have been raised about the ethics of care including the idea that not all mothers are caring and nurturing.

Today feminist ethics is distinguished from an ethics of care that is sometimes called feminine ethics.

Which of the following is not one of the three types of explanation given for the male-female difference in morality?

Who argues that it is because women spend much of their lives mothering that women develop a morality consistent with this experience?

Who thought that women were inferior to men morally?

According to Noddings, the language of ethics has primarily been the language of the

For Noddings the "odd" approach of women to a moral question is to not give reasons for their acts in terms of:

Noddings rejects an ethics of principles and universality because it ignores our subjectivity and its foundation in relation.

The two parties to the relation of caring for Noddings is the "one-caring" and the "cared-for"

Which person argued that the foundation of ethical response is formed from human caring and the memory of caring and being cared for?

Baier argues that some writers believe it will not do to say that an ethics of care is an option that only some might choose.

Carol Gilligan's research supports the research and findings of Lawrence Kohlberg.

For Baier the best moral theory must not be a cooperative product of women and men but must primarily focus on an ethics of care.

For Baier the tradition of rights has only worked against women and not for women.

Gilligan thinks the best moral theory is an ethic of care which is superior to male insights on justice.

The fourth feature of the Gilligan challenge to liberal orthodoxy according to Baier is a challenge to its typical rationalism.

What is wrong with the view that stresses relationships of equality according to Baier?

Feminist thought as mentioned is very unlikely to include

In which places is violence against women not a significant problem, according to the text?