Ethics of Care
Focuses on dependency, attentiveness, and responsibilities within relationships. Moral judgment should notice who needs care, how needs are interpreted, and how care is actually provided.
Foundational doctrines
- Relational responsibility
- Attentiveness
- Dependency
- Responsive care
Disagreement and variation
Debates concern how particular attachments relate to justice and impartial duties, and how care obligations can avoid reproducing unequal burdens. Collective obligation and contextual judgment are insufficient to identify care ethics; require direct care-oriented answers before attribution.
Numerical positions in the interactive model are editorial reference estimates, not scientifically validated measurements.