Abstract

The philosophy of care involves thinking of our moral relationship to everything that requires care (vulnerable people, objects, the world, etc.) in a different way to the conventional categories of abstraction and generalization. The relationship of care (giving and receiving) is marked by interdependence, and in that context, autonomy takes a back seat. We humans are beings in relation, and beings of relation. We communicate, and we expect answers. The ethics of care invites us to engage, express ourselves adequately, heed any form of expression that helps understand what is important (for the other), and be open-minded towards the specificity of every given context, and the uniqueness of any recipient of care.