TY - BOOK ID - 49248454 TI - The heart of justice : care ethics and political theory PY - 2007 SN - 0199562490 1281149322 9786611149321 0191526819 143562162X PB - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Social values. KW - Social justice. KW - Altruism. KW - Conduct of life. KW - Ethics, Practical KW - Morals KW - Personal conduct KW - Ethics KW - Philosophical counseling KW - Altruistic behavior KW - Unselfishness KW - Conduct of life KW - Helping behavior KW - Equality KW - Justice KW - Values UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:49248454 AB - The Heart of Justice proposes a new framework of political justice based upon the practice of caring. Integrating the insights of earlier care theorists with the concerns of traditional justice theorists, Engster forges a new synthesis between care and justice, and further argues that the institutional and policy commitments of care theory must be recognized as central to any adequate theory of justice. Engster begins by offering a practice-based account of caring and a theory of obligation that explains why individuals should care for others. He then systematically demonstrates the implicatio ER -