Pettersen (philosophy, classics, and history of art and ideas; U. of Oslo) identifies the philosophical foundation of the ethics of care, and explores possible implications for more traditional moral
In Comprehending Care, Tove Pettersen subjects the ethics of care, as advanced by Carol Gilligan, to a moral-philosophical examination. More precisely, she extracts the philosophical foundation in thi
This book is a novel contribution to contemporary research on Simone de Beauvoir, and a defense of the importance of the humanities. It reveals previously unexplored dimensions of Beauvoir's work by e
