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1、KudostoMichaelSloteforadvancingtheboldestclaimforanethicsofcareandshowinghowitprovidesasuperioraccountofbothindividualandpoliticalmorality.Inthiscloselyreasonedandfar-seeingbook,hearguesforaCopernicanrevolutioninmoralphilosophy,movingempathyandrelationshipfromtheperipherytothecenterofa

2、nethicaluniverse.Indoingso,heexposestheheartlessnessofpatriarchalideasandinstitutionsthathavemarginalizedcaringandempathyalongwithwomen.Slotesreframingbringsmoralphilosophyintoalignmentwithcurrentresearchinneurobiologyanddevelopmentalpsychol-ogy,revealingthelinkbetweenreasonandemotion,

3、selfandrelationship,andshowingthecostsofseveringtheseconnections.CarolGilligan,authorofInaDifferentVoice,NewYorkUniversity,USATHEETHICSOFCAREANDEMPATHYInTheEthicsofCareandEmpathy,eminentmoralphilosopherMichaelSlotearguesthatcareethicspresentsanimportantchallengetootherethicaltradi-tion

4、sandthataphilosophicallydevelopedcareethicsshould,andcan,offeritsowncomprehensiveviewofthewholeofmorality.TakinginspirationfromBritishmoralsentimentalismanddrawingonrecentpsychologicalliteratureonempathy,heshowsthattheuseofthatnotionallowscareethicstodevelopitsownsentimentalistaccounto

5、frespect,autonomy,socialjustice,anddeontol-ogy.Furthermore,hearguesthatcareethicsgivesamorepersuasiveaccountofthesetopicsthantheoriesofferedbycontemporaryKantianliberalism.MichaelSlotesuseofthenotionofempathyalsoallowshimtoprovidecareethicswithitsfirstfull-scaleaccountofmoraleducation,a

6、ndheshowsthattheoften-voicedsuspicionthatcareethicssupportsthestatusquoandiscounter-productivetofeministgoalsisactuallytheveryoppositeofthetruth.Acareethicsthattakesempathyseriouslycansaywhatiswrongwithpatriarchalideasandinstitutionsinahighlypersuasiveandforward-lookingway.Themostphilo

7、sophicallyrichandchallengingexplorationofthetheoryandpracticeofcaretodate,TheEthicsofCareandEmpathyalsoshowsthemani-foldconnectionsthatcanbedrawnbetweenphilosophicalissuesandleadingideasinthefieldsofpsychology,education,andwomensstudies.MichaelSlote(PhD,Harvard)isUSTProfessorofEthicsi