CAROL GILLIGAN

Carol Gilligan



Carol Gilligan was born on November 28, 1936. She is an American feminist, ethicist, and psychologist best known for her work with and against Lawrence Kohlberg on ethical community and ethical relationships, and certain subject-object problems in ethics. She is currently a Professor at New York University and a Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge. She is best known for her 1982 work, In a Different Voice.

In 1982, a new branch of feminist ethics, called care ethics, took on motherhood as a central focus. Care ethics began with the publication of Carol Gilligan's influential and hotly debated ...