Annette Heinz The Ethics Of Care Summary

We have all been in situations where we just could not conquer! This situation here not only has a financial issue but they are stuck in a costly situation. Heinz and his wife are in special need of a medical cure they cannot afford. Heinz himself has tried to find every resource available to help his wife but none has worked out in his favor. He has tried everything he could, and asked everyone whom he thought could help him; the druggist himself still is not letting up with the price he has given Mr. Heinz. With the druggist being the only dependable source right now, you would think he would want to help this cancer patient and save her life but that is not the case. The druggists feel as though since he created the cure, and paid for the

Developed mainly by feminist writers, such as Annette Baier, this account of virtue ethics is motivated by the thought that men think in masculine terms such as justice and autonomy, whereas woman think in feminine terms such as caring. These theorists call for a change in how we view morality and the virtues, shifting towards virtues exemplified by women, such as taking care of others, patience, the ability to nurture, self-sacrifice, etc. These virtues have been marginalized because society has not adequately valued the contributions of women. Writings in this area do not always explicitly make a connection with virtue ethics. There is much in their discussions, however, of specific virtues and their relation to social practices and moral education, etc., which is central to virtue

Now let us just say that it was the husband on his deathbed, and his wife was the one out there trying to come up with these four thousand dollars. What exactly do you think she could have done differently to get the money? What exactly would this male doctor have made her do, to receive this cure for her husband? If she was the one out there begging and barrowing, do you think she would have, came up with more than two thousand dollars? Do you think if she was the breaking in and stealing, do you think they would have shown her some sort of sympathy? All of these actions falls right back into the ethics of care which also supports the virtue of