Feminist Ethics and Nietzsche Study Guide

A set of flashcards covering key terms and concepts in feminist ethics and critiques of traditional ethical theories for exam preparation.

Feminist Ethics

An approach emphasizing relationships, context, and emotion in moral understanding, critiquing traditional ethics for being overly abstract.

Ethics of Justice

An ethical perspective that emphasizes rules, rights, individual autonomy, and impartiality.

Ethics of Care

An ethical perspective that emphasizes relationships, responsibilities, empathy, and caring.

Concreteness

A value in feminist ethics recognizing the importance of historical and social context and grounded moral decisions.

Natural Caring

Caring that arises spontaneously, such as a mother caring for her child.

Ethical Caring

Chosen caring that involves commitment and is guided by ethical ideals.

Transcendence

The ability to act freely and go beyond present conditions.

Immanence

The state of being confined to a role or condition, often relating to traditional women's roles.

Particular Others

Individuals with whom we have specific relationships, emphasized in ethical considerations by Virginia Held.

Moral Obligation

The obligation that arises through caring relationships, as emphasized by Nel Noddings.

Relational Ontology

The understanding that individuals are formed through relationships and not as isolated entities.

Universality vs. Particularity

The debate over whether moral truths must be universal or should consider particular contexts and relationships.

Public Realm vs. Private Realm

The distinction where traditional ethics often neglects private spheres like caregiving, which feminists argue is significant.

Embodied Ethics

An approach that recognizes the importance of bodily experience in shaping moral understanding.

Caring Relationship

A dynamic interaction where moral obligation arises from interdependent caring.

Ambiguity in Existence

The recognition that human existence is both free and constrained by social identities and historical contexts.