Neo Kantian Care Ethics

Care Ethics has numerous criticisms of the liberalistic conception of the self as espoused by neo-Kantians. Despite its pervacity within the realm of Western thought, the liberal individualistic self is less unassailable than it may first appear. It assumes that each human consists of independent beings with negative rights towards each other: do not kill, do not lie, do not steal ― this model demarcates the person within a sort of bubble outside of which there is a list of things one cannot do. This stands in staunch opposition to the relational concept of the self proposed by Virginia Hume, who argues instead for a model that encapsulates the inter-dependance and interrelational nature of human nature and action. Simultaneously, the neo-Kantian instead points to the dignity and respect with which all rational beings are morally obliged to treat one another. …show more content…
While both sides seem to have their advantages, the relational approach provides a significant degree of flexibility; enabling the decision maker to consider the needs of those around them with an additional degree of