TY - BOOK ID - 96242470 TI - The liberalism of care : community, philosophy, and ethics PY - 2021 SN - 9780226745213 9780226745350 022674521X 022674535X 022674549X PB - Chicago, Ill. University of Chicago Press DB - UniCat KW - Liberalism KW - Caring KW - Political ethics KW - Philosophy KW - Plato KW - Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, KW - Godwin, William, KW - Political philosophy. Social philosophy KW - General ethics KW - Social psychology KW - Rousseau, Jean-Jacques KW - Godwin, William KW - Liberalism - Philosophy KW - Caring - Philosophy KW - Political ethics - Philosophy KW - Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, - 1712-1778 KW - Godwin, William, - 1756-1836 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:96242470 AB - "Attention to care in modern society has fallen out of view as an ethos of personal responsibility, free markets, and individualism has been in the ascendant. The Liberalism of Care argues that contemporary liberalism is suffering from a crisis of care, manifest in a decaying sense of collective political responsibility for citizens' well- being and for the most vulnerable members of our communities. The book maintains that this practical crisis stems from a theoretical one. We have lost the political language of care, which, prior the 19th century, was commonly used to express these dimensions of political life. To recover that language, Shawn C. Fraistat turns to three prominent philosophers-Plato, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and William Godwin-who illuminate the varied ways caring language and caring values have structured core debates in the history of Western political thought about the proper role of government, as well as the rights and responsibilities of citizens. The Liberalism of Care presents a distinctive vision for our liberal politics where political communities and citizens can utilize the ethic and practices of care to face practical challenges"-- ER -