PHIL 150 1st Edition Lecture 17 Outline of Last Lecture I. Kant’s Core IdeasII. Retribution and Utility in the Theory of PunishmentIII. Kant’s RetributivismOutline of Current Lecture II. Do Women and Men Think Differently about Ethics?III. Implications for Moral JudgmentIV. Implications for Ethical Theory Current LectureChapter 11: Do Women and Men Think Differently about Ethics?Do women and Men Think Differently about Ethics?- The idea that women and men think differently has traditionally been used to insult or belittle women- Aristotle said that women are less rational than men and so men naturally rule them- Kant agreed adding that women lack civil personality and should have no voice in public life- Men’s virtues fit them for leadership where as women’s virtues fit them for home and hearth- Female ways of thinking yield insights that have been missed in male-dominated areas- Women and men probably do think differently about ethics. These differences however cannot be very great. it is not as though women make judgments that men cannot understand or vice versa - Evolution may shape our desires but it does not micromanage our thought processes Implications for Moral Judgments- The ethics of care is closely identified with modern feminist philosophy- Many feminists men as well as women are simply people who wish to understand and correct ongoing injustices against womenThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- If the ethic of care is taken to be the whole of morality such arguments will be ignored on the other hand if caring is only one part of morality the arguments from principal will have considerable forceImplications for Ethical Theory- Historically men have dominated public life where relationships are often in personal and contractual and politics and business relationships can even be adversarial what interests collide- In public life our decisions may affect large numbers of people we do not know- Feminists accuse moral philosophy of having a male bias- The contrast between being a certain kind of person and doing your duty lies at the heart of a larger conflict between two kinds of ethical theory: To be moral is to have certain traits of character being kind, generous, courageous, just, prudent and so on Theories of obligation emphasize impartial duty They portray the moral agent as someone who listens to reason, figures out the right thing to do, and does it.- One of the chief arguments for virtue ethics is that it seems well-suited to accommodatethe values of both public and private life- Public life requires justice and beneficence while private life requires love and caring- The ethics of care may therefore be seen as one part of the ethics of virtue- The verdict on the ethics of care may ultimately depend on the viability of a broader theory of the
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