Professor Tetsu Harayama, Tokyo University, on care ethics in Japan.
September 2015
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Who cares? Caring with technology
A blog by Helen Kohlen
Who cares? Put short and simple sounds rather banal, but has turned out to be a missing question in current debates about future perspectives of care arrangements in Germany for the („more and more demented“) elderly. Continue reading Who cares? Caring with technology
Launch of Care Ethical Research Consortium
Prof. Joan Tronto, prominent care ethicist, and care ethical scholar Prof. Carlo Leget have announced their joint initiative to start an international Care Ethical Research Consortium. The invitation is open to care ethical scholars from all over the world to participate in this consortium. Continue reading Launch of Care Ethical Research Consortium
Vulnerability: Book review by Joan Tronto
Prof. Joan Tronto, well-known for her contribution to care ethics, reviewed a book on vulnerability. The book titled ‘Vulnerability: New Essays in Ethics and Feminist Philosophy’ was edited by Catriona Mackenzie, Wendy Rogers, and Susan Dodds. Continue reading Vulnerability: Book review by Joan Tronto
What’s in a name?
A care ethics conference experience
At the 1st International Care Ethics (ICE) Observatory, fused with the 16th Nursing Ethics Conference, we, as care ethical scholars, found ourselves being caught in our own world view. Fully endorsing the care ethical lense through which we look, think and teach, we had interpreted the name of this conference automatically as if this would be a conference about Care Ethics (as in: the Ethics of Care). Continue reading What’s in a name?
Interview with Joan Tronto: Dependence, Care & Vulnerability
A research meeting with Joan Tronto was organised at the University for Humanistic Studies (UvH), Utrecht, on 16 January 2015. Tronto is an American political scientist and honorary doctor at UvH. She is well-known for her work on the development of care ethics. Continue reading Interview with Joan Tronto: Dependence, Care & Vulnerability