Gilligan's

• Carol Gilligan


  Best known for her innovative but controversial ideas on the moral development of women
• Ethics of care


  Emphasized by Gilligan in women's moral reasoning
• Gilligan's Stages of the Ethics of Care

  1. Stage 1: Pre-Conventional - Women are focused on the self and emphasize their own self-interests over other considerations

  2. Stage 2: Conventional - Women have come to focus on their responsibilities towards others, concerned with care for others and being selfless, but this position is defined by society or other people in the woman's orbit

  3. Stage 3: Post-Conventional - A woman has learned to see herself and others as interdependent, these women have control of their lives and take responsibility for their decisions, a big part of which is the choice to care for others
• Ethics


  Branch of Philosophy which determines or studies morality (right and wrong)
• Moral


  Personal/private interpretation from what is good and bad
• Legal


  Based on or concerned with the law
• Rights


  Legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement
• Ethical Principles


  • Autonomy/Self determination
  • Beneficence
  • Non-maleficence
  • Justice
  • Fidelity
  • Veracity
• Autonomy/Self determination


  The right or freedom to decide, freedom to choose & implement one's decision, informed consent
• Beneficence


  For the goodness and welfare of the clients
• Non-maleficence


  The duty not to harm/cause harm or inflict harm to others (harm maybe physical, financial or social)
• Justice


  Equality/fairness in terms of resources/personnel
• Fidelity


  Faithfulness or loyalty to clients
• Veracity


  The act of truthfulness
• Best Interest Standard


  The ethical requirement that people who care for others will do so in good faith, placing their assessment of that person's best interests above their own, particularly applies to the care of incompetent or dependent people
• Ethical Theories


  • Teleology
  • Deontology/deontological ethics
  • The ethics of care
• Teleology


  The ethical theory stating that the value of a situation is determined by its consequences, the principle of utility states that an act must result in the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people involved in a situation
• Deontology/deontological ethics


  The normative ethical theory that the morality of an action should be based on whether that action itself is right or wrong under a series of rules, rather than based on the consequences of the action
• The ethics of care


  A normative ethical theory that holds that moral action centers on interpersonal relationships and care or benevolence as a virtue