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This entry focuses on the history and development of care ethics from its ancient roots to present-day comprehensive care ethics theories. The entry of the development of care ethics includes alternative conceptual models and theories of ethics that counterbalance the dominant Western philosophical and political theories that are based on justice, independence, and rights. The entry highlights various interpretations of care and caring particularly in feminine ethics and nursing, landmark research in the psychology of moral reasoning from a care perspective first described as a “different voice” by Gilligan in 1982, feminist interpretations of care ethics, critiques of care ethics, and examples of contemporary care ethics theory development and application of care ethics to selected global health issues.
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Haddad, A.M. (2015). Care Ethics. In: ten Have, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05544-2_69-1
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