Relational Care Ethics from a Comparative Perspective
The Ethics of Care and Confucian Ethics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12901806 |
|---|---|
| Authors | YOSHIMI WADA (Aims Community College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 350-363 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17496535.2014.894109 |
| OpenAlex | W2093836752 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 35 |
The ethics of care and Confucian care ethics are both characterised by relations-based moral reasoning and decision-making. Acknowledging this similarity, this article compares and contrasts these two ethics, highlighting Western and Eastern moral concerns. One of the main differences between the two ethical theories is their different focus on vulnerability and inequality as factors in achieving equality in the ethics of care; another is the reciprocity, rather than equality, dimension in Confucian ethics. Both theories enshrine the view that the characteristics of care offer scope for developing the capacity for judgement. However, a fundamental difference is revealed when considering that Confucian ethics emphasises care as a virtue in the cultivation of one's moral agency, whereas the ethics of care sees care as both a disposition and practice, and the caring relationship to be a primary means of moral evaluation. For the care ethicists, the practice of care embraces communicative morality, within fluid, dynamic interpersonal relationships - in sharp contrast to Confucian care practices, which are constructed within formal standards and fixed, role-based relationships
Applied ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Ethics of care · Information ethics · Meta-ethics · Military medical ethics · Morality · Normative ethics · Nursing ethics · Political science · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Social science · Sociology · Virtue · Virtue ethics · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Social Work Education and Practice
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |