{"product_id":"starting-at-home-nel-noddings-9780520230262","title":"Starting at Home: Caring and Social Policy","description":"Nel Noddings, one of the central figures in the contemporary discussion of ethics and moral education, argues that caring--a way of life learned at home--can be extended into a theory that guides social policy. Tackling issues such as capital punishment, drug treatment, homelessness, mental illness, and abortion, Noddings inverts traditional philosophical priorities to show how an ethic of care can have profound and compelling implications for social and political thought. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstead of beginning with an ideal state and then describing a role for home and family, this book starts with an ideal home and asks how what is learned there may be extended to the larger social domain. Noddings examines the tension between freedom and equality that characterized liberal thought in the twentieth century and finds that--for all its strengths--liberalism is still inadequate as social policy. She suggests instead that an attitude of attentive love in the home induces a corresponding responsiveness that can serve as a foundation for social policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith her characteristic sensitivity to the individual and to the vulnerable in society, the author concludes that any corrective practice that does more harm than the behavior it is aimed at correcting should be abandoned. This suggests an end to the disastrous war on drugs. In addition, Noddings states that the caring professions that deal with the homeless should be guided by flexible policies that allow practitioners to respond adequately to the needs of very different clients. She recommends that the school curriculum should include serious preparation for home life as well as for professional and civic life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmphasizing the importance of improving life in everyday homes and the possible role social policy might play in this improvement, \u003ci\u003eStarting at Home\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the inextricable link between the development of care in individual lives and any discussion of moral life and social policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nel Noddings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520230264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520230262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2002 pg. 119\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2002 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2002 pg. 644","brand":"Nel Noddings","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056209883391,"sku":"9780520230262","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23d0c15a-421a-48ba-84ad-fda2cb6d9a5f.jpg?v=1685040104","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/starting-at-home-nel-noddings-9780520230262","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}