Prosthesis refusal and the ethics of care in J. M. Coetzee's Slow Man

• Main Author: Chiang, Michelle Hui Ling
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2025
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities; Care; Ethics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/182479
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In The Ethics of Care: Personal, Political, and Global, Virginia Held asserts that those in the position to care should exercise power in ways that avoid violence and damage, and that trust and mutuality should be fostered in place of benevolent domination. With reference to Held's idea of rela...