Reading: (Pojman 449-463) Virginia Held, The Ethics of Care Objective: * for s
Reading: (Pojman 449-463) Virginia Held, The Ethics of Care Objective: * for students to demonstrate basic comprehension of our goals in the study of ethics and to refer to/use the general terms and concepts from the reading(s). * for students to engage in a class wide discussion on course material Format: * post up your entry in the appropriate Discussion on Canvas; cut and paste it into the body of the discussion rather than attaching it as a document * 12-point font * For the quotes, no need to supply a Works Cited page; simply state the page number and the source– from Held after the quote. Also, use quotes of 2-3 sentences in length. * discussion post should be approximately 500-750 words Grading: * follow the above structure and format as closely as possible: * make 2 cogent references/quotes to course material and a cogent analysis on the relation between them * leave one question for classmates to consider, and attempt to answer/address it in one full paragraph * leave a one-paragraph comment for a classmate Prompt: PART 1 – complete both A and B (4 points): A. After you read Held’s Ethics of Care and watched the Caring Judge, write which of Held’s 5 characteristics of the ethics of care that the judge uses. You can find that she uses more than one. Next, let’s also put your imagination to work. Imagine and describe one social problem or moral dilemma that the ethic of care can help to productively solve. Describe the scenario and which of Held’s 5 characteristics of the ethics of care that you use. You may use more than one characteristic. Remember to quote the text. B. After this, identify an important question that is raised for you from the readings. State your own question. Also attempt to answer the question in at least one full paragraph. I need only Part 1 And answer to these questions from the provided book pages. What’s the main point of the article ? How does the author support his main claim? 1. Do you agree with the criticisms of the liberal individualist conception of a person? How does this conception compare with the ethics of care conception of a person? Is one better than the other-or does each capture a part of the truth? 2. Should the ethics of care be viewed as a type of virtue ethics? Why or why not? 3. Can an ethic pf justice be plausible combined with the ethics of care? Are they compatible at all? Explain.
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