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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"The ethics of care"”.
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The ethics of care or the ethics of justice? : a middle way
The objectives are to examine the tension between the ethics of care and the ethics of justice, offer critical analysis and develop an amalgam of key elements from both. A more sufficient framework for moral decision-making will be proposed and its validity assessed. Part One investigates the …
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The Ethics of Care of the Self as Resistance to a “Peculiar Institution”
This thesis discusses some of the critiques of modern moral theories (deontology, utilitarianism, and virtue ethics) posed by Elizabeth Anscombe, Michael Stocker, Bernard Williams, and Susan Wolf. It focuses on Stocker’s challenge that when subjects try to act on such theories they become …
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Faith, Fatherhood, and the Ethics of Care: Exploring Father–Daughter Relationships in South Africa
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines how fathers and daughters in contemporary South Africa experience and express care, faith, and emotional intimacy in everyday life. Drawing on qualitative research, it explores the moral and affective dimensions of fatherhood within Christian households, …
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The Role Of The Ethics Of Care In Transformation: An Examination Of How Nonprofit Leaders Deliver Care
<p>Although nonprofits have done much to aid both orphans and those who live in extreme poverty, the difficulties associated with these social problems can be challenging to overcome. Attempts to reduce such problems are frequently addressed by various government entities. However, these social …
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Sexual Violence, Rape Culture, and the Ethics of Care in <em>Promising Young Woman</em> (2020), <em>Blink Twice</em> (2024), and <em>Women Talking</em> (2022)
… is reflected in contemporary cinema. This thesis analyzes <em>Promising Young Woman</em> (2020), <em>Blink Twice</em> (2024), and <em>Women Talking</em> (2022)—all directed by women—through the theoretical framework of the ethics of care, highlighting how these films expose the persistence …
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An Ethics of Care Approach to Managing the Burden of Alzheimer's Disease
… progressive, neurodegenerative disease for which there is currently no cure or effective treatments. The disease has devastating effects on the individuals whom it strikes and because its prevalence continues to rise, it significantly threatens the public good. Throughout its lengthy duration from …
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Nicomachean and Neo-Aristotelian Ethics and Shakespeare's Tragedies
"Nicomachean and Neo-Aristotelian Ethics in Shakespeare's Tragedies" examines two of Shakespeare's most compelling tragedies--Othello and King Lear--through the lens of contemporary virtue ethics theory, thereby offering new conceptions of how morality operates in these plays. Although …
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utilising a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): a narrative inquiry on the experiences of caregivers in special care centres with online professional development
In South Africa in 2010, the High Court affirmed the right to education for children with severe to profound intellectual disabilities (SPID). Prior to this judgment, these children were considered ineducable and did not have access to education. Consequently, caregivers were often unprepared to …
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The Ethical Decision Making Practices of k-12 Administrators in an Urban Setting
The decisions that administrators make can ultimately enhance or impede theculture of a school setting. When faced with situations, whether simple or arduous, the decision-making should be done in an ethical manner that brings about productive results. On a day-to-day basis, there may be situations …
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Creating a Culture of Belonging: The Significance of Student Belonging and the Ethical Frameworks That Influence High School Leaders as They Sustain and Enhance Cultures of Belonging
<p>Given the increased focus on high-stakes testing and district accountability measures evident in the world of public education today, it is understandable that school leaders would be influenced by the pressures associated with public expectations and dwindling fiscal resources. This study …
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A Care Ethical Theory of Political Obligation
The ethics of care – an approach in moral philosophy with feminist roots – understands care not just as a social phenomenon (as a type of action, relationship, or practice), but also as a crucial moral value. This thesis draws on the ethics of care to explore the question of political obligation: …
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Ethical consumption among Cape Town students: a qualitative study
Much of current research on ethical consumption biases the North - South relationship of Northern consumers being considered ethical based on their purchasing of items from Southern producers. This establishes the dominant perspective of ethics needing to be expressed toward the distant other and …
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Committed to encounter: Sources of teacher engagement with students in a cross -cultural study of two sister schools in Japan and the United States
<p>The purpose of this research is to examine the sources of teachers' motivations to engage with students. I have chosen care theory upon which to build the conceptual framework for this phenomenological study, and I consider both natural and ethical care as seen by Nel Noddings. I have also drawn …
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The Contribution of African Traditional Medicine For a Model of Relational Autonomy in Informed Consent
The Western liberal approach to informed consent defines autonomy as an independent choice or decision made by an individual as the final authority in medical decision-making. This approach is so dominant that one can fail to see the merits of other traditional and cultural perspectives. In this …
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Refugee students' needs in high school: relationships, pedagogy, and care
Based in a theoretical framework of the ethics of care (Noddings, 2005), researching lived experience through semi-structured interviews, and the individual-environment relation, the central research question asks: What insights into needs of refugee students can be understood through their own …
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Family reunification services to children in child and youth care centres in the Cape Metropole: a social work perspective
A significant number of children around the world are living in circumstances that necessitate the need for social service intervention and ultimately removal, with placement in alternative care. In South Africa, the placement of children in child and youth care centres (CYCCs) has increased over …
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An Ethical Framework For Communication of Prognosis in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
<p>The focus of this dissertation is to create an ethical framework for communication of prognosis in the pediatric critical care setting. This dissertation argues that an ethical framework for communication of prognosis in the pediatric critical care setting is necessary because ethical …
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Ayurveda as a model of intervention in treating substance use disorders in adults: a systematic review
… However, this ancient model is not well known in the social work fraternity and therefore requires exploration in terms of its effective use for treating SUDs in adults. This qualitative systematic review (SR) investigated existing literature on the issue with the aim to identify the effective use …
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De la décolonisation du discours de la bioéthique à une bioéthique ivoirienne efficiente
This thesis entitled "From the Decolonization of Bioethics Discourse to an Efficient Ivorian Bioethics" is rooted in a critical reflection aimed at adapting universal bioethical frameworks to the sociocultural realities of Côte d'Ivoire. It stems from the observation that dominant bioethical …
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Clowndance: Convergences in contemporary dance and theatrical clowning for pleasure-led performer training
… research project, drawing on my existing professional work across the borders of dance and clown. The central research aim is to develop Clowndance; an innovative pleasure-led approach to physical performer training located at the convergence of theatrical clowning and contemporary dance. …
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