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Hearing Voices of Care: For a More Just Democracy?

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Serpe A.

Avant

2019

vol. 10

issue 1

119-145

The purpose of this paper is not to provide an overall picture of care ethics, but, rather, to reflect upon the concept of care, which has gained significance in particular scientific contexts. Undoubtedly, the importance of the subject of care represents a challenge on the level of fundamental philosophical positions and a diversified look into the occurring forms of the psychological and social suffering, dependency, and vulnerability. I will shed light on tenets that are considered central to the care ethics and that have led to the setting up of the relationship between care and democracy. By introducing the basic aspects of Carol Gilligan’s and Joan Tronto’s theories, I will emphasize their vocation to be politically relevant. A discussion on the relationship between care and justice on the one hand, and needs and rights on the other, will follow. Can hearing voices of care make democracy more just? How can care ethics provide a concrete support for democracy? On the political level, care ethics builds on the assumptions of the necessary relatedness and equality between individuals who are decisive in the light of the welfare state perspective. Upon closer examination, one may see that the setting up of these relationships is not new to the liberal perspective. Liberalism is historically rooted in the fundamental interconnection between freedom and equality. Virtues such as care and meekness can be formulated in the language of politics, but they still remain unpolitical. On the one hand, engaging in a critical reflection upon such virtues might be an indispensable measuring instrument for distinguishing a good democracy from a bad one. On the other hand, care ethics does not prove to be a real alternative to the ethics of justice. In this regard, care ethics seems to show its feet of clay.

Etyka troski jako camera obscura współczesnej filozofii polityki. O znaczeniu tego, co zakryte

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Szymala K.

Analiza i Egzystencja. Czasopismo Filozoficzne

2018

vol. 41

59-78

The aim of this article is to propose care ethics as an intriguing metatheoretical tool for political philosophy as well as to draw attention to its potential for understanding philosophical aspects of the political community in the contemporary discourse. The article’s main structure relies on the analogy made between thought and reality perception through the metaphor of camera obscura. The use of its literal and metaphorical meaning gives way to a new configuration of women discourse, typically centered on the category of place, on visible – invisible distinction, with an emphasis on the unveiled. The invisible (private) makes possible the visible and public, gives the condition for and fosters it. Care ethics explains how interdependence is a common phenomenon which should be not overcome by making it institutional but rather by introducing into the debate in political philosophy. Interdependence is a reverse of the public and should be appreciated as such. The article’s starting point are considerations of Hannah Arendt, Alasdaira MacIntyre and the American feminist Eva Feder Kittay.

Celem niniejszego artykułu jest próba ujęcia etyki troski jako intrygującego dla filozofii polityki metanarzędzia oraz zwrócenie uwagi na jej wkład w rozumienie filozoficznych aspektów funkcjonowania wspólnoty politycznej we współczesnym dyskursie. Struktura koncepcyjna prezentowanych treści opiera się na przyjęciu analogii między myśleniem a postrzeganiem rzeczywistości za pomocą metafory camera obscura. Wykorzystanie dosłownej i metaforycznej wykładni tego wyrażenia otwiera możliwość usytuowania dyskursu kobiet, organizowanego zwykle w oparciu o kategorię miejsca, wokół osi widzialne – niewidzialne, z podkreśleniem wagi tego, co ukryte. To, co niewidzialne (prywatne) umożliwia to, co widzialne i publiczne, warunkuje je i wspiera. Etyka troski pokazuje, jak powszechnym zjawiskiem jest współzależność, którą nie tyle trzeba znieść poprzez upaństwowienie, co wprowadzić w obszar debaty filozofii polityki jako rewers tego, co publiczne i wymaga nie tyle upaństwowienia, co dowartościowania. Punktem wyjścia dla prowadzonych rozważań są uwagi Hannah Arendt, Alasdaira MacIntyre’a oraz amerykańskiej feministki Evy Feder Kittay.

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Hearing Voices of Care: For a More Just Democracy?

Etyka troski jako camera obscura współczesnej filozofii polityki. O znaczeniu tego, co zakryte