ethics of caring in the child-friendly projects: new challenges

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (36) ◽  
pp. 01-17
Author(s):  
Tahereh Javidi kalatehjafarabadi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Ethics Of Care ◽  
Moral Sentiment ◽  
Relational Ontology ◽  
Care Theory ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Child Friendly ◽  
Ethics Of Caring ◽  
Core Characteristics ◽  
Theory Of Caring

This paper aims to consider the implications of Noddings’ ethics of care theory for child-friendly projects and their underlying philosophical assumptions. It is explained that this theory with its emphasis on the children’s needs and rights and, more importantly, the emphasis on the care relation and care encounter indicates how Noddings’ main concepts and ideas could be taken into consideration in exploring the challenges of implementing child-friendly projects. Therefore, the main concepts of ethics of care theory including need and right, empathy and sympathy, receptive and projective, care about and cared-for, expressed and inferred needs were investigated by considering their adaptation with the origin and the destination of child-friendly projects. Accordingly, a series of questions was set out to illustrate the theoretical challenges that may have been reflected in implementing the child-friendly project. These questions were also categorized in light of three core characteristics of Noddings’ theory of caring: 1) relational ontology; which refers to the relational nature of children life, 2) attention with concern; which refers to the moral sentiment/non-rational life of children and 3) particularism; which refers to the particularity of children’s lives. As individuals/researchers and as members of the child-friendly community we can focus on these questions to understand the challenges of the project and provide a potential for its qualitative evaluation.

Designing with care

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 99-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Robinson ◽  
Maha Al-Freih ◽  
Whitney Kilgore
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Ethics Of Care ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Care Theory ◽  
Course Experience ◽  
Caring Relations

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to explore how care theory and the ethics of care are explained by students in the online environment to clarify the factors that are more relevant in establishing and maintaining caring relations in online learning context.Design/methodology/approachUtilizing naturalistic inquiry, the researchers interviewed online students and coded transcripts using multiple coding methods within two phases of analysis. Noddings' framework for ethics of care was utilized to identify strategies and practices that enhance each of Noddings' elements in an online course experience.FindingsThe findings of this exploratory study provide evidence on how learners perceive being cared for and highlight specific instructor behaviors and course design elements that support the emergence and maintenance of a climate of care in an online learning environment. Indicators of all four elements of Noddings' framework were present in the interviews. Within the themes of each element, strategies and practices to enhance each element in an online course experience are further explained.Research limitations/implicationsEstablishing a climate of care, whether in traditional or online learning, leads to more inclusive learning experiences that are responsive to the needs of all learners. This study brought to light some of the factors that are more relevant in establishing and maintaining caring relations in online learning context.Originality/valueThe findings of this study add to the literature on the role of emotions in an online learning as viewed through the lens of care theory. The findings highlight some strategies and behaviors that promote a climate of care in an online environment from a learner's perspective.

scholarly journals A Rapprochement between Feminist Ethics of Care and Contemporary Theology

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Helenka Mannering
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Virtue Ethics ◽  
Ethics Of Care ◽  
Feminist Ethics ◽  
Relational Ontology ◽  
Nel Noddings ◽  
Benedict Xvi ◽  
Moral Philosophies ◽  
Moral Problems ◽  
Liberal Individualism

Ethics of care is a relatively new approach to morality, first developed as a feminist ethical theory in the 1980s by Carol Gilligan, Sara Ruddick, and Nel Noddings. It is based on the experience and responsibility of providing care and is distinct from other popular moral philosophies including Kantian moral theory, utilitarianism, or virtue ethics, although it has some similarities to virtue ethics. Founded on a relational ontology, it offers a deeply incisive critique of liberal individualism through ethical reflection. It is also committed to a particularism which recognises the importance of addressing moral problems in the context of lived experience. In this article, after an analysis of the foundational perspectives of care ethics, it will be contended that its central tenets tie in with contemporary approaches in theology, particularly those expressed in the writings of St John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Furthermore, it will be suggested that the anthropological and moral insights of these theologians can offer the ethics of care a deeper ontological and epistemological grounding, hence strengthening its viability and existential appeal.

Harm in the absence of care: Towards a medical ethics that cares

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elin Martinsen
Keyword(s):  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Ethics Of Care ◽  
Relational Ontology ◽  
Carol Gilligan ◽  
Contemporary Medicine

The aim of this article is to investigate the concept of care in contemporary medical practice and medical ethics. Although care has been hailed throughout the centuries as a crucial ideal in medical practice and as an honourable virtue to be observed in codes of medical ethics, I argue that contemporary medicine and medical ethics suffer from the lack of a theoretically sustainable concept of care and then discuss possible reasons that may help to explain this absence. I draw on the empirical studies of Carol Gilligan on care and connectedness as ontologically situated realities in human life. Based on a philosophical elaboration of her findings on the ethics of care emphasizing relationality, I try to show how the notion of ‘relational ontology’ originating from this stream of thought may be of help in developing a medical ethics that acknowledges care as a perspective to be observed in all interactions between physicians and patients.

Can quality from a care ethical perspective be assessed? A review

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 774-793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther E Kuis ◽  
Gijs Hesselink ◽  
Anne Goossensen
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Ethics Of Care ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Ethical Perspective ◽  
Care Theory ◽  
Different Types

Background: Ethics-of-care theories contain important notions regarding the quality of care; however, until now, concrete translations of the insights into instruments are lacking. This may be a result of the completely different type of epistemology, theories and concepts used in the field of quality of care research. Objectives: Both the fields of ‘ethics of care’ and ‘quality of care’ aim for improvement of care; therefore; insights could possibly meet by focusing on the following question: How could ethics-of-care theories contribute to better quality in care at a measurement level? This study reviews existing instruments with the aim of bridging this gap and examines the evidence of their psychometric properties, feasibility and responsiveness. Research design: A systematic search of the literature was undertaken using multiple electronic databases covering January 1990 through May 2012. Method and findings: Of the 3427 unique references identified, 55 studies describing 40 instruments were selected. Using a conceptual framework, an attempt was made to distinguish between related concepts and to group available instruments measuring different types of concepts. A total of 13 instruments that reflect essential aspects of ethics-of-care theory were studied in greater detail, and a quality assessment was conducted. Conclusion: Three promising qualitative instruments were found, which follow the logic of the patient and take their specific context into account.

Caring Through Web-Based Communication: A Qualitative Evaluation of a Nursing Intervention to Create Holistic Well-Being Among Patients With Hematological Disease

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin M. Högberg ◽  
Lars Sandman ◽  
Maria Nyström ◽  
Dick Stockelberg ◽  
Anders Broström
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Support ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Nursing Intervention ◽  
Communication Service ◽  
Hematological Disease ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Nursing Competence ◽  
Written Word ◽  
Theory Of Caring

Purpose: To examine how written communication between patients with hematological diseases and a nurse within a web-based communication service can be caring. Design: The study is based on qualitative deductive content analysis of 109 written messages between 10 patients and a responding nurse. The evaluated nursing intervention is a web-based communication service where patients could request support from a responding nurse during 2 months of use. A structured theoretical matrix based on Swanson’s theory of caring including compassion, competence, and upholding trust is used for the analysis. Findings: Nursing compassion emerges when patients share personal matters and the nurse has an opportunity to explicitly display genuine interest and understanding. Nursing competence is required when patients ask for or are in need of information, advice, and emotional support. The nurse can uphold trust when compassion and competence are exhibited and patients share their innermost feelings. Conclusions: Web-based communication has the potential to contribute to holistic well-being according to Swanson’s theory of caring. The written word lasts, can be read repeatedly, and in connection with writing there is time for reflection. However, the lack of nonverbal cues makes it important that the nurse answers in a fully accurate and explicitly caring way.

scholarly journals The Feelings We Feel: Care and Community in Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-89
Author(s):  
Riley Valentine
Keyword(s):  
Ethics Of Care ◽  
The Self ◽  
Ethics Of Caring ◽  
Communal Ethics

Abstract Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was a show that focused on teaching children an ethics of caring for oneself and care for others. This article examines those ethics through the songs “I Like You As You Are” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor.” It contends that these songs focus on a celebration of the self and others, welcoming individuals as they are into the community, and embracing authenticity. This article looks to understand these ethics in a contemporary setting and argues that Mister Rogers and the communal ethics of care that he taught are needed.

Ethics of Caring and the Institutional Ethics Committee

Hypatia ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Betty A. Sichel
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Moral Education ◽  
Ethics Of Care ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Nel Noddings ◽  
Institutional Ethics ◽  
Moral Standards ◽  
Principles Of Justice ◽  
Ethics Of Caring

Institutional ethics committees (lECs) in health care facilities now create moral policy, provide moral education, and consult with physicians and other health care workers. After sketching reasons for the development of IECs, this paper first examines the predominant moral standards it is often assumed lECs are now using, these standards being neo-Kantian principles of justice and utilitarian principles of the greatest good. Then, it is argued that a feminine ethics of care, as posited by Carol Gilligan and Nel Noddings, is an unacknowledged basis for /EC discussions and decisions. Further, it is suggested that feminine ethics of care can and should provide underlying theoretical tools and standards for lECs.

Collaboration and Innovation: The State of American Regions

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Henton ◽  
John Melville ◽  
Kimberly Walesh
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
New Economy ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Critical Question ◽  
The Core ◽  
Regional Leadership ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Core Characteristics

The authors argue that regions play a crucial role in the ‘new economy’. They describe the type of leadership required to create ‘innovative’ regions. New challenges demand regional ‘stewardship’ that crosses traditional boundaries and jurisdictions. The authors assess the core characteristics of effective regional stewards and apply this assessment to the critical question of why some regions are more innovative than others. Brief case studies of policies and initiatives in Austin, San Diego, Greater Washington and Silicon Valley show how regional leadership can provide the impetus to outstanding regional development. Successful strategies for regional innovation, the authors conclude, are founded on the desire to create and connect social networks to facilitate and accelerate the innovation process. The deciding factor is not so much the ‘ingredients' as the ‘recipe’ – not so much the assets of a region as how those assets are connected and leveraged.

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