Friday, October 7, 2011

Carol Gilligan gave us the points of

Kohlberg being too:

1. Individualistic

and Kohlberg overemphasizing:

2. the justice perspective

Carol Gilligan believes that we should emphasize more:

3. Care perspective: relationships and concerns for others

4. Feminist

5. Combine justice AND care

I agree with Carol Gilligan's framework because she emphasizes justice and care combined. I believe that justice is important but it is important to care for others as well. It may be wrong to do something but it may be the only option to help someone who you care deeply about. You have to be realistic with this though: yes, maybe you would steal medicine from a store if the person you cared about was dying and you could not get it any other way but you would not kill someone just because your significant other got in an argument with them and told you to. For example, as a nurse, perhaps you have a patient who wants to die-- as a nurse you can still care for them--but you can not assist them with their death.

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