Preventing the Exploitation of Activists’ Care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21702046 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lavender Mckittrick-Sweitzer (0000-0002-4487-3351, Butler University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 253-267 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1386-2820 • E-ISSN: 1572-8447 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10677-024-10435-2 |
| OpenAlex | W4392782025 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
Care exploitation is a pervasive yet undertheorized injustice that emerges in both our interpersonal and structural relationships. Among those that are particularly vulnerable to this injustice are activists, those invested in bringing about positive change precisely because of how deeply they care about a given cause. Care exploitation occurs when an individual with caring attitudes is called to aid in the flourishing of a subject (e.g., LGBTQ + rights, anti-racism, conservation) by another that presumes they will answer said call simply because they care. In this work I offer an account of what it takes to prevent care exploitation in the narrow context of activism. Drawing on the work of Iris Marion Young, I argue that we have a political responsibility to (at the very least) adopt a stance of solidarity with activists by virtue of our structural relationships with them. This demands two things of us: (i) being sensitive to activists’ well-being and (ii) supporting their capacity for self-authorship
Care work · Environmental ethics · Flourishing · Injustice · Philosophy of medicine · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |