TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miller, Sarah Clark
TI  - The ethics of need: agency, dignity, and obligation
SN  - 9780415754422
U1  - 170 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Need - Philosophy
KW  - Caring
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Responsibility
KW  - Interpersonal relations - Moral and ethical aspects
N1  - Table of contents

Introduction
The moral significance of needs
The duty to care
The manner of meeting needs
The margins of agency: caring for the fundamental needs of old age
Global needs and care: introducing cosmopolitan care
Conclusion: future needs




N2  - The Ethics of Need: Agency, Dignity, and Obligation argues for the philosophical importance of the notion of need and for an ethical framework through which we can determine which needs have moral significance. In the volume, Sarah Clark Miller synthesizes insights from Kantian and feminist care ethics to establish that our mutual and inevitable interdependence gives rise to a duty to care for the needs of others. Further, she argues that we are obligated not merely to meet others’ needs but to do so in a manner that expresses "dignifying care," a concept that captures how human interactions can grant or deny equal moral standing and inclusion in a moral community. She illuminates these theoretical developments by examining two cases where urgent needs require a caring and dignifying response: the needs of the elderly and the needs of global strangers. Those working in the areas of feminist theory, women’s studies, aging studies, bioethics, and global studies should find this volume of interest.

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