[Care, at the foundation of healthcare and social care]

Abstract

The ethics of 'care' invites us to found a concept of autonomy which is not disconnected from that of vulnerability. Originally arising from a 'feminine' gendered approach to morality, the notion of 'care' has become more extensive to define a more complex model of justice, inclined to show that there is no habitable world which does not involve the question of 'concern': in other words, it is only habitable on the condition of having been previously, and continuously, taken care of.

Keywords: care; ethics; responsabilité; responsibility; soin; éthique.