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Ideas of Carol Gilligan, by Text

[American, b.1936, Professor at Harvard University.]

1982 In a Different Voice
p.19 p.264 Moral problems are responsibility conflicts, needing contextual and narrative attention to relationships
     Full Idea: The moral problem arises from conflicting responsibilities rather than competing rights, and its resolution needs contextual and narrative thinking. This morality as care centers around the understanding of responsibility and relationships.
     From: Carol Gilligan (In a Different Voice [1982], p.19), quoted by Will Kymlicka - Contemporary Political Philosophy (1st edn)
     A reaction: [Kymlicka cites her as a key voice in feminist moral philosophy] I like all of this, especially the very original thought (to me, anyway) that moral thinking should be 'narrative' in character.