The precarity of the carer in care ethics
In this paper, I aim to flesh out a gap within Care Ethics. To be specific, I argue that Care Ethics lack a nuanced account of the motivations for self-care. To flesh the gap out and to show its relevance, I will be using the case study of Postpartum Depression (PPD), where we can see the prec...
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| Format: | Final Year Project |
| Language: | English |
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Nanyang Technological University
2023
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165447 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | In this paper, I aim to flesh out a gap within Care Ethics. To be specific, I argue that Care
Ethics lack a nuanced account of the motivations for self-care. To flesh the gap out and to
show its relevance, I will be using the case study of Postpartum Depression (PPD), where we
can see the precarious position of the Carer, a parent. A parent is a position where one is
saddled with a moral expectation to care for their child, hence we will see how this is
implicated with PPD. With PPD in the mix, we will be able to see how exactly Care Ethics
has a gap in account for what motivations there are to care for oneself. This paper will
consider a solution to the lack of nuance in self-care, through creating a distinction between
simple self-care versus restorative self-care. |
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