Matilda Carter is Lecturer in Applied Ethics at the University of Leeds, UK.

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction, Matilda Carter (University of Glasgow, UK)Part I: Understanding Care Ethics1. Care Ethics and Chinese Philosophy, Michael Slote (University of Miami, USA)2. Reconceptualising Care: Mature Care and Asymmetric Relationships, Tove Pettersen (University of Oslo, Norway)3. Dependency as a Core Concept for Care Ethics: A Chronology (and a Plea), Simon van der Weele (University of Humanistic Studies, the Netherlands)4. A Metaethics of Care? Revisiting the Normative Authority of Care Ethics, Mercer E. Gary (Drexel University, USA)5. Care Ethics and Phenomenology, Carlo Leget (University of Humanistic Studies, the Netherlands)6. Necessary Care, Moral Practices, and the Cultivation of Competent Carers, Matilda Carter (University of Glasgow, UK)7. Freedom to Care, For Women of Colour, Asha Leena Bhandary (University of Iowa, USA)8. Political Perspectives on Care: What Can We Learn from Nancy Fraser? Christine Noël Lemaître (Aix-Marseille University, France)9. Care, Justice, and Equality, Costanza Porro (University of Lancaster, UK)10. Care Ethics and Structural Justice, Stephanie Collins (Monash University, Australia)11. Normative Questions, Empirical Burdens, and Global Justice: Perspectives from Care Ethics, Fiona Robinson (Carelton University, Canada)12. Care Ethics as a Transformation in Moral Philosophy, Sandra Laugier (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France)Part II: Applying Care Ethics13. The Importance of Enduring and Living Complex Care Ethical Inquiry: A Plea for Intimacy and Reciprocity in Collaborative Care Ethical Research, Alistair Niemeijer (University of Humanistic Studies, the Netherlands) and Gustaaf Bos (University of Humanistic Studies, the Netherlands)14. Living off Landscapes of Care: Revitalising Care Research, Merel Visse (University of Humanistic Studies, the Netherlands) and Alistair Niemeijer (University of Humanistic Studies in Utrecht, the Netherlands)15. Care Ethics and Care Policies in South Korea, Hee-Kang Kim (Korea University, South Korea)16. Notes from a Care Network: Lessons from the Pandemic, Sunita George (Western Illinois University, USA) and Raymond Greene17. Queer Care and Pleasure Activism, Amy McKiernan (Dickinson College, USA)18. Imagining Care Ethics: Disability, Violence, and Caring Spaces - Trudy’s Mothering Story, Chrissie Rogers (University of Kent, UK)19. Care in Unexpected Places: Punishment and Forensic Detention, Helen Brown Coverdale (University College London, UK)20. Care Ethics and Public Administration: An Overview of the Field and a Look Forward, Petr Urban (Czech Academy of Sciences, Czechia)21. Care Ethics, Maternity, and Reproductive Justice, Inge van Nistelrooij (University of Humanistic Studies, the Netherlands) and Rodante van der Waal (University of Humanistic Studies, the Netherlands)22. Care Ethics and Conflicts in Needs: Balancing Disabled and Feminist Perspectives and Experiences in Personalised Social Care Services, Kirstein Rummery (University of Stirling, UK)23. Cultivating Moral Epiphanies Through Care, Maurice Hamington (Portland State University, USA) 24. Feminist Care Ethics and Temporality, Sophie Bourgault (University of Ottawa, USA)Index

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