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Carol Gilligan 1937 - United States

American psychologist. Gilligan's In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development (1983) applies psychological research on female adolescents to theories of moral development, discovering in women a greater inclination toward an "ethics of care," characterized by focus on responsibilities within particular human relationships, than toward the male "ethics of justice," with its emphasis on rules and rights conceived in general terms. In Mapping the Moral Domain (1988), Gilligan further examines the social significance of her psychological theories.

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Ethics of Care Oxford Companion to Philosophy

 

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cultivation of good citizenship

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In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development (1983)

Mapping the Moral Domain (1988)

Recommended Reading: Susan J. Hekman, Moral Voices, Moral Selves: Carol Gilligan and Feminist Moral Theory (Penn. State, 1995) 

 Caring Voices and Women's Frames: Gilligan's View, ed. by Bill Puka (Garland, 1994) 

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