Choice” in Filial Care Work

In this paper, we discuss the concept of"choice" in filial care work. A dichotomy between choice and obligation is constructed in theoretical and empirical literature on filial care work. However, this dichotomy does not adequately reflect family caregiving experiences; for instance, choice and obligation are not mutually exclusive motivations. Rather, choice and obligation are "relational" and "contextual" and manifest in the interaction between macro- and micro-contexts. The choice-obligation dichotomy is also ideological. At the moral-political level, it promotes the downloading of responsibility by governments to family, obscures the complexity of filial relationships, and may even promote psychological ambivalence

Ambivalence · Humanities · Obligation · Political science · Sociology · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Policies and Family · Social Psychology

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