Bhandary, Asha L.,
Freedom to care : liberalism, dependency care, and culture / Asha Bhandary. - 1 online resource. - Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy .
This book presents the first systematic account of dependency care in a liberal theory of justice. Despite the fact that receiving dependency care is necessary for human survival, the practices with which we meet society's care needs are seldom recognized for their functional role. Instead, norms about gender and race obscure and shape expectations about whose needs for care are legitimate as well as about whose caregiving labor more advantaged members of society will receive. These opaque arrangements must be made visible if we are to remedy skewed intuitions and judgements about care. Freedom to Care develops a modified form of social contract theory with which to evaluate society's caregiving arrangements. Building on work by feminist liberals and care ethicists, it reframes debates about care to move beyond gender with an inequality-tracking framework that can be employed in any culture. Because care provision has been enmeshed in the subordination of women and people of color, eliminating the invisibility of these forms of labor yields a critical liberal theory of justice with feminist and anti-racist aims.
9780429283093 0429283091 9781000186529 1000186520 9781000207248 1000207242 9781000227963 1000227960
Dependents--Care.
Dependents--Care--Social aspects.
Caregivers--Cross-cultural studies.
Liberalism.
PHILOSOPHY / Political
PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
HV65 / .B53 2020 JC574
362.1 320.51
Freedom to care : liberalism, dependency care, and culture / Asha Bhandary. - 1 online resource. - Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy .
This book presents the first systematic account of dependency care in a liberal theory of justice. Despite the fact that receiving dependency care is necessary for human survival, the practices with which we meet society's care needs are seldom recognized for their functional role. Instead, norms about gender and race obscure and shape expectations about whose needs for care are legitimate as well as about whose caregiving labor more advantaged members of society will receive. These opaque arrangements must be made visible if we are to remedy skewed intuitions and judgements about care. Freedom to Care develops a modified form of social contract theory with which to evaluate society's caregiving arrangements. Building on work by feminist liberals and care ethicists, it reframes debates about care to move beyond gender with an inequality-tracking framework that can be employed in any culture. Because care provision has been enmeshed in the subordination of women and people of color, eliminating the invisibility of these forms of labor yields a critical liberal theory of justice with feminist and anti-racist aims.
9780429283093 0429283091 9781000186529 1000186520 9781000207248 1000207242 9781000227963 1000227960
Dependents--Care.
Dependents--Care--Social aspects.
Caregivers--Cross-cultural studies.
Liberalism.
PHILOSOPHY / Political
PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
HV65 / .B53 2020 JC574
362.1 320.51