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"Noddings delves deeper into the study of care ethics, an area she pioneered, and emerges with new, sure to be controversial ideas on gender differences, moral development and caring. Anyone interested in these topics will want to read this book."—Michael Slote, author of The Ethics of Care and Empathy

"Noddings presents us with a unique and provocative way to look at basic moral caring. This work from one of America's most prominent intellectual figures is sure to change how we understand ethical and moral evolution."—Jean Watson, University of Colorado Denver

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

1 The Evolution of Morality 10

2 The Caring Relation 33

3 Ethical Caring and Obligation 67

4 The Limits of Autonomy 99

5 Relation, Virtue, and Religion 125

6 Emotions and Reason 157

7 Needs, Wants, and Interests 180

8 War and Violence 205

9 Convergence 234

Notes 251

Bibliography 271

Index 281