Social Justice, the Ethics of Care, and Market Economies

Bibliographic Data

ID23155014
AuthorsRichard K Caputo (0000-0002-8452-376X, Yeshiva University, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume83
Issue4
Pages355-364
Publication date2002-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFamilies in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1044-3894 • E-ISSN: 1945-1350
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1606/1044-3894.10
OpenAlexW2167149311
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited56

This essay explores the roles of social justice and the “ethics of care” as animating forces for social change in light of the near universal ascendance of the principles of market-based economics and of their extension into nonmarket areas of social concern, particularly in the United States. The main argument is that linking the “ethics of care,” social justice, and power makes possible the development of a democratic political and social agenda that can respectively aid in meeting the caregiver needs of the nation and contribute to the transformation of gender roles associated with care.

Argument (complex analysis) · Democracy · Economic Justice · Economics · Environmental ethics · Ethics of care · Health care · Law and economics · Market economy · Nonmarket forces · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Social change · Social justice · Social philosophy · Social policy · Social science · Social transformation · Sociology · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Medicine · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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