Ethics of Care

“Ethics of care is a feminist approach to ethics. It challenges traditional moral theories as male-centric and problematic to the extent they omit or downplay values and virtues usually culturally associated with women or with roles that are often cast as ‘feminine’“. https://ethics.org.au/ethics-explainer-ethics-of-care

The ethics of care is a normative ethical theory that holds that moral action centers on interpersonal relationships and care or benevolence as a virtue. EoC is one of a cluster of normative ethical theories that were developed by some feminists and environmentalists since the 1980s.

From PD20: Ethics of care see persons as relational and interdependent. The focus of ethics of care is on the moral claims of those to whom we are responsible.