ETHICS OF CARE AND HIV: A CASE FOR RURAL WOMEN IN INDIA
- 1 May 2006
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Developing World Bioethics
- Vol. 6 (2) , 89-94
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8847.2006.00143.x
Abstract
Recent literature shows that ethics of care can be used as a theoretical basis to add a new, important dimension to social issues. This paper argues for a similar extension of the theoretical support from ethics of care to an area in bioethics. Specifically, it contends that a justification based ethics of care can be constructed to argue for a moral obligation to give some priority in the HIV-related initiatives to one of most vulnerable groups; namely, the rural women in India. In an epidemic situation this care-based approach has certain advantages as a moral justification over the usual traditional approaches.Keywords
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