Portland-State-University 2023-2024 Bulletin

Phl 379U Feminist Care Ethics

Provides a comprehensive introduction to care ethics from its origins in feminist theory to its present multidisciplinary and international manifestations. The implications of care ethics for ontology, epistemology, aesthetics, identity, performativity and moral theory are addressed. Care ethics is differentiated from mainstream ethical theories. Care theory is applied to a variety of academic and professional disciplines including but not limited to business, education, healthcare, literature, political science, performance studies, and psychology.

Credits

4

Cross Listed Courses

This is the same course as WS 379U and may be taken only once for credit.
  • Up one level
  • 300