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Caring about Feminism
Caring About Feminism
Discussion
Required Resources
Read/review the following
resources for this activity:
Textbook: Chapter 11
Minimum of 1 scholarly source
(in addition to the textbook)
Initial Post Instructions
In week three, we were looking
at rights ethics with regards to Locke. As a reminder, Locke said we have
inalienable rights to life, liberty, and property. It is immoral to violate
them. Many think we have more rights than those listed by Locke. Some even
think we have a right to health care. That means it is the duty of the state to
provide each citizen with their medical needs.
Rights theory says to respect
the entitlements we have. If a right is inalienable, it cannot truly be
violated ethically even with our consent. We have basic needs. Rights are
something beyond needs. They are what we should be authorized to have. We are due
what we have a right to. That is not always the case with need. For example, we
need food, but people often go hungry. A need refers to something we need
physically to exist. A right is a moral entitlement to something. Asking if we
have a right to food is a moral question. Needs are determined by the
requirements of the body and of material existence. Rights are determined by
moral reflection, inquiry, an argument We have a right to own property. We do
not need it to live. We could imaginably be allowed to use another's. We have a
right to own a home. We can rent.
Respond to both questions.
1: Assess the moral
solutions arrived at through "care" (care-based ethics) and
"rights" ethics to social issues of ethical import such as poverty,
drug use, and/or lack of health care,
That is, note any ethical
problems that arise related to those particular issues. Then, say how both
care-based and rights theory of ethics would solve those problems.
Are those solutions correct?
Why or why not?
What is your own approach there?
2: What moral guidelines should we use when it comes to recently introduced healthcare technologies of any kind (you will note and engage with your own examples) and social technologies of any kind (you will note and engage with your own examples)?
Involve care-based ethics in
your answer.
Minimum of 2 sources cited
(assigned text and an outside scholarly source)
APA format for in-text citations and list of references
Expert Solution
Care-based ethics and rights ethics are essential
approaches utilized in feminism. These approaches offer distinctive
perspectives in addressing social issues of ethical significance, including
drug use, poverty, and the lack of healthcare. According to Kwan (2023), care
ethics mainly highlight on the significance of emotions including empathy,
compassion, and sympathy, which enable individuals to be attentive and respond
to other individuals' requirements and place themselves in other people's viewpoints.
It is with these emotions that ethical reasoning is upheld and not hindered.
However, responses or attitudes such as anger may not necessarily be negative.
Still, they may amplify the appropriate responses for the situations presented,
such as when individuals express moral outrage in a grave injustice (Kwan,
2023). Additionally, assistance can be offered to individuals in the care-based
ethics viewpoint in several ways, including focusing on emotional needs,
addressing their general well-being, and offering ultimate assistance to those
in vulnerable situations.
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