Reading Questions #7

1. Do you think the fact that Western ethics and ethical theory is almost entirely told and
produced by men, who held (and still hold?) low opinions of women, biases ethics toward men
and against women? Explain.
2. What is the significance for ethics of Carol Gilligan's conflict with Kohlberg over moral
development? How is the nature/nurture debate implicated in this debate?
3. What is the significance of including the experience of dependence and vulnerability in how
we understand ethics? Contrast this to Kantianism, utilitarianism, and virtue ethics.
4. What moral theory, utilitarianism, Kantianism, or virtue ethics, is care ethics most akin to?
Explain.