Introduction to Philosophy

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parents, and other close family members and may extend to intimate romantic relationships as well as close friendships. Ethical caring involves natural caring but takes it a step further to directing your caring toward others to whom you do not naturally experience caring feelings. The ethical ideal for Noddings is the image of the best of ourselves when we are caring and being cared for, deeply and authentically. It is this ethical ideal that we strive for when we experience the call of moral obligation. The ethics of care holds that our individual ethical actions are motivated by what Noddings defines as a caring response rooted in natural caring. Making Connections: Your Moral Compass Revisited The ultimate goal of moral philosophy is for us to use these moral theories to calibrate accurately our moral compasses, sharpen our moral intuitions, and refine our moral consciences. When we are faced with moral decisions and ethical issues, we will be able to choose confidently with decisions that are wise, enlightened, and justified. The practical application of these theories, the moral elements of consequences, maxims, and character are dynamically interrelated. Our moral values as individuals are defined by the reflectively chosen actions that we take with the full awareness that we are responsible for the consequences of these free choices.

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