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Over the last twenty years, the feminist ethic of care has had a significant impact on the study of ethics and political philosophy. Hankivsky develops the concept of a publicly viable ethic of care, and applies it to several Canadian social policy issues.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 First-Generation Care Theorists and Liberal Assessments of Care

2 Second-Generation Care Theorists and the Moral Principles of Care

3 The Interpretation of Equality: A Study of Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

4 Therapeutic Jurisprudence: A Care-Informed Approach for Compensating Victims of Institutional Abuse

5 Economic Costing in Social Policy: The Ethics of Quantifying Intangible Losses

6 Caregiving: Reconceptualizing the Public/Private Divide Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Social Policy and the Ethic of Care

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/07/2005
      ISBN13: 9780774810715, 978-0774810715
      ISBN10: 0774810718

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Over the last twenty years, the feminist ethic of care has had a significant impact on the study of ethics and political philosophy. Hankivsky develops the concept of a publicly viable ethic of care, and applies it to several Canadian social policy issues.

      Table of Contents

      Preface and Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      1 First-Generation Care Theorists and Liberal Assessments of Care

      2 Second-Generation Care Theorists and the Moral Principles of Care

      3 The Interpretation of Equality: A Study of Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

      4 Therapeutic Jurisprudence: A Care-Informed Approach for Compensating Victims of Institutional Abuse

      5 Economic Costing in Social Policy: The Ethics of Quantifying Intangible Losses

      6 Caregiving: Reconceptualizing the Public/Private Divide Conclusion

      Notes

      Bibliography

      Index

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