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The Philosophical Journey, 2/e
William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi

The Search for Ethical Values
Rethinking the Western Tradition: Feminist Ethics

Topical links

Carol Gilligan

Gilligan, Carol
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/g5.htm#gill)

Brief biography by Garth Kemerling
Carol Gilligan
(http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/gilligan.html)

Summary of life and thought by Linda M. Woolf (Webster University)
Gilligan's In a Different Voice
(http://www.stolaf.edu/people/huff/classes/Intro/Gilligan.html)

Discussion by Chuck Huff (St. Olaf College)
Notes on In a Different Voice by Carol Gilligan
(http://www.acypher.com/BookNotes/Gilligan.html)

Helpful summary of Gilligan's distinction between male and female perspectives and account of three stages of moral development; by Allen Cypher
Carol Gilligan and the Morality of Care
(http://tigger.uic.edu/~lnucci/MoralEd/overview.html#gilligan)

Overview from Studies in Moral Development and Education
Gilligan & stages of moral development
(http://www.stolaf.edu/people/huff/classes/handbook/Gilligan.html)

Detailed account of Gilligan's ethics by Chuck Huff (St. Olaf College)
Voice and Relationship: Rethinking the Foundations of Ethics
(http://ethics.acusd.edu/video/Gilligan/Lecture/Voice_and_Relationship.html)

Video of lecture given by Gilligan at the University of San Diego January 1997; from Lawrence Hinman's Ethics Updates
Virginia Held

Held, Virginia
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/h2.htm#held)

Brief biography by Garth Kemerling
Sara Ruddick

Ruddick, Sara
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/r9.htm#rudd)

Brief biography by Garth Kemerling
Motherhood Still an Issue for Feminists
(http://www.awakenedwoman.com/br_mother_troubles.htm)

Review of Mother Trouble (eds. Julia E. Hanigsberg and Sara Ruddick) by Diane R. Schultz
The Colonized Heart
(http://www.uucpa.org/sermons/sermon020512.html)

Discussion of mothering, including Sara Ruddick's views, from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
Nel Noddings

Noddings, Nel
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/n9.htm#nodd)

Brief biography by Garth Kemerling
Nel Noddings
(http://www.stanford.edu/dept/SUSE/faculty/faculty/noddings.html)

C.V. of Noddings (Stanford University)
Nel Noddings
(http://www.education.miami.edu/ep/html/nel_noddings.html)

Brief bio of Noddings and list of her works
Nel Noddings: To Know What Matters to You, Observe Your Actions
(http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/february4/noddings.html)

Discussion of Nodding's advice from a lecture series at Stanford by Kathleen O'Toole
Excellence as a Guide to Educational Conversation
(http://www.stanford.edu/dept/SUSE/faculty/faculty/noddings.html)

Article by Noddings (Stanford University)
Response to
(http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/EPS/PES-yearbook/92_docs/BArnstine.htm)

Essay by Barbara Arnstine (Cal State Sacramento)
Marilyn Friedman

Marilyn Friedman
(http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/Friedman.html)

Brief biography by Kristin Switala (Virginia Tech)
Marilyn Friedman Curriculum Vitae
(http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/friedman/friedman.html)

Résumé of Friedman (University of Washington in St. Louis)
Autonomy and Male Dominance
(http://faculty.la.psu.edu/jchristman/autonomy/Friedman.PDF)

Article by Friedman; requires Adobe Reader
Lawrence Kohlberg's six stages of moral development

Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development and Education
(http://tigger.uic.edu/~lnucci/MoralEd/overview.html#kohlberg)

Overview from Studies in Moral Development and Education
A Summary of Lawrence Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development
(http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/kohlberg.html)

Outline by Robert N. Barger (University of Notre Dame)
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development
(http://facultyweb.cortland.edu/~ANDERSMD/KOHL/content.HTML)

Brief account of Kohlberg's theory by Jon Becker, Paul Dorward, and Pam Pasciak (SUNY Cortland)
Kohlberg's Ideas At Work in the Classroom
(http://facultyweb.cortland.edu/~ANDERSMD/KOHL/kolexm1a.HTML)

Illustrations of Kohlberg's stages from SUNY Cortland
Kohlberg Dilemmas
(http://www.haverford.edu/psych/ddavis/p109g/kohlberg.dilemmas.html)

Sample situations for application of Kohlberg's theory by Doug Davis (Haverford College)
Feminist ethics

Feminism
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/f.htm#fem)

Overview by Garth Kemerling
Feminist Ethics
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-ethics/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Feminist Moral Theory
(http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~tlockha/fmnmtw98.htm)

Overview by Ted Lockhart (Michigan Tech University)
Feminism and the Ethics of Care
(http://www.wutsamada.com/alma/ethics/rachelsc.htm)

Outline of chapter 12 of Rachels' popular introductory ethics text, Elements of Philosophy by Larry Hauser (Alma College)
Knowing, Caring, and Acting: The Focus on Context in Feminist Ethics
(http://www.rrc.edu/journal/recon61_2/rose.htm)

Article by Dawn Robinson Rose (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College)
A Synopsis of Robert Taylor's "The Ethic of Care versus the Ethic of Justice: An Economic...
(http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/taylor17/Synopsis.html)

Brief account of criticisms of the ethics of care by Robert Taylor (San Diego State University)
A Feminist Ethic of Care and Biblical Ethics
(http://www.naminggrace.org/id52.htm)

Article by Viola Larson (Naming the Grace)
Links
(http://www.afeast.org/Links%20Page/links%20page.htm)

Link collection from the Association of Feminist Ethics and Social Theory
Introductory Literature on Gender and Ethical Theory
(http://ethics.acusd.edu/theories/Gender/index.html)

Collection of video resources, links, bibliography, etc.; from Lawrence Hinman's Ethics Updates (University of San Diego)

For more information on general feminist theory and feminist epistemology see the links for Chapter 2.7.